General Andrews and Bishop Leonard Die in Iceland Crash
Airplane crash in Iceland killed Lieutenant General Frank M Andrews the top U S commander in Europe and Methodist Bishop Adna Wright Leonard who toured U S bases with Protestant denominations The crash also left one enlisted man alive and was not fully confirmed by Eighth Airforce Headquarters The General was a famed pilot holding world records and had just assumed European command replacing Eisenhower at the time of his death.
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London
Frank M Andrews
United States
Iceland
Adna Wright Leonard
Troy
Pittsburg
Eighth Airforce
Leonard
Andrews
A W. Leonard, Jr
U. S. War Department
Bishop Leonard
Commission of
U. S. Army and Navy Chaplains
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle East
Naval observers place Tirpitz at Narvik halting Arctic convoys
Unofficial observers in Narvik believe the German battleship Tirpitz and other naval forces are at Narvik in northern Norway, causing a temporary interruption to Allied convoys to Murmansk, Russia. The piece also features an ad promoting Utica Club Pilsner and XXX Cream Ale as refreshing companions.
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London
Tirpitz
Narvik
Norway
Murmansk
Russia
U S artillery closes on Bizerte front in North Africa
Allied forces push from Mateur toward Bizerte and Tebourba as heavy artillery range tightens. American, French and British units seize ground along Lake Achkel amid ongoing patrols and Axis withdrawal pockets. Harold Y. Boyle reports from the front on the rapid advance and mounting resistance.
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Lake Achkel
North Africa
Bizerte
Associated Press
Harold Y. Boyle
Mateur
Tunis
Boyle
Jenna
United States
Perryville
Bizerte Naval Base
Tebourba
Tine River
Medjez-el-Bab
Eighth Army
Oil Price Rise Denied by Brown
Washington oil policy clash ends with Price Administrator Prentiss Brown denying Harold Ickes request for a 35 cent per barrel crude price hike. Brown proposes government financing for wildcat drilling as an alternative to stimulate new discoveries and extend stripper well production.
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Washington LLP
Prentiss Brown
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Brown
Dusty Jeep Column Presses Toward Mateur in Tunisia
A vivid dispatch from an army camp follower describes a long dust cloud of jeeps guns and supply trucks moving from Beja toward Mateur Tunisia. The column stacks up veterans and wounded while German cemeteries rise along the retreat route as Allied forces chase the decimated enemy across the last African resistance in a hot day drive.
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Mateur
Tunisia
Ma‘teur
Africa
Hitler
Haguerine Gap
Beja
Allies Deliver Daylight Raid on Babo New Guinea
Allied headquarters announced a daylight raid on Babo in the MacCluer gulf northwest Dutch New Guinea. Six Japanese float planes tried to intercept over the Aroe Islands. two enemy planes were shot down. Babo lies about 1.20 miles west of Port Moresby.
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Australia
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
High Command
Aroe Islands
MacCluer Gulf
Port Moresby
Caucasus Fighting Cost Germans Heavy Losses
Soviet command reports heavy and bloody fighting in the western Caucasus with serious German manpower and equipment losses after a German withdrawal above Novorossisk and Krymskaya’s loss. The bulletin notes persistent Kuban combat with no specific advances, and 65 German planes shot down for 11 Russian aircraft.
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London
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Krymskaya
Kuban
Western
American Hold in Pacific Extended, U S Occupies Easter Island
The German controlled Paris radio reported that the United States with Chilean consent occupied Easter Island in the South Pacific, claiming a major air and naval base. Washington reports a rapid drive in the North Pacific includes sinking six Japanese vessels and driving a Japanese surface force to flight. Submarines sunk two destroyers and four other craft, bringing total Japanese ships sunk or damaged to 222. The Komandorskies battle near Russian islands marked the war's first Northern Pacific naval action, where an American Task Force fought three and a half hours before three American destroyers torpedoed and forced Japanese retreat.
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Paris
United States
Chile
Easter Island
South Pacific
Washington
United States Navy
Japan
Pacific Empire
North Pacific
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Pacific
Far East
Bering Sea
Kiska
Attu
Six Day Week Ordered for Coal Mines
Washington reports Fuels Administrator Ickes ordered a six day week in all coal mines to ensure coal output for war industries. Miners receive time and a half on the sixth day, while wage talks, stalled in a wage dispute, hinge on the War Labor Board hearings resuming. John L. Lewis offered no immediate comment.
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Washington
Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
War Labor Board
Two Area Men Admit Crime Wave Across Schenectady Troy
Thomas Martin of Cohoes and Edward Podleski of Waterford confessed to 18 Troy burglaries after being questioned by Troy and Schenectady detectives. They admitted stealing cash from stores grills offices and business places over several weeks and said only a radio and a watch were taken as other items. They were arraigned in Schenectady Police Court and waived grand jury examination. Both are on parole from the State Vocational School at West Coxsackie.
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Thomas Martin
Cohoes
Edward Podleski
Waterford
Schenectady
Troy
Schenecttady
State Vocational School
West Coxsackie
Ben V. Smith
Gerardi
Reuter
Podleski
Sees U. S. Coasts Still Endangered
Col. George Baehr, OCD chief medical officer, warned the Pacific and East Coasts remain vulnerable to enemy air raids. He said a new offensive could target supply lines to overseas forces and allied troops as discussions opened at the New York State Medical Society meeting.
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Buffalo
Pacific Coast
Maine
Hatteras
George Baehr
Office of Civilian Defense
New York State Medical Society
Batista Sends 3000 Havana Cigars to Roosevelt
A Havana note recounts President Batista sending 3,000 Havana made cigars in a Cuban wood box to President Roosevelt, as a gesture of courtesy during Batista’s December U S visit.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Batista
Roosevelt
Davies to lead second Moscow mission for talks with Stalin
New York Times reports from Washington that Joseph E. Davies sails today as Roosevelt's special representative. He will urge a summit meeting with Premier Stalin to discuss wartime and postwar issues and extend an invitation for a direct Roosevelt Stalin talk on mutual interests.
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New York Times
Washington
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
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Joseph Stalin
Davies
Stalin
Times
American Planes Bomb Antwerp
The Eighth Air Force bombed industrial targets in Antwerp in daylight, their second attack this month. Flying Fortresses met fighter escort, dodged light anti aircraft fire, and reported bombs hit the target. All planes returned to the English coast within the planned time. none were lost.
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England
A. 8
Antwerp
Europe
English
Eighth Air Force
Navy Will Decide, Declares Hull
Secretary Hull condemned Admiral Georges Robert the French high commissioner on Martinique for opposing collaboration with the Allies. He said the Navy’s judgment will be the controlling factor in future developments, stressing it as the decisive force in the situation.
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Washington
Hull
Georges Robert
Martinique
United States Navy
Shannon to Retire January 1 in Troy Politics
City Treasurer John F. Shannon of Troy plans to retire January 1 after a thirty year run. If Mayor Hogan steps aside the fall, Shannon could reconsider. He had aspired to the office in 1935 but party leaders chose Chester Atkinson. Shannon may remain politically active, possibly lead a party rehabilitation effort amid factional strife. Relatives report he aims to unite opposing groups and keep influence in civic life.
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John F. Shannon
Troy
Frank J. Hogan
Shannon
Chester J. Atkinson
Cornelius A. Casey
Food Price Ceilings to Start in About 150 Cities
Washington OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown announced publication of community wide maximum prices on foods will begin Sunday in about 150 cities. Local OPA offices will list prices effective Monday for poultry fluid milk bread eggs butter package cheese sugar and evaporated and condensed milk with further additions to follow.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Democrats Pass Pay as You Go Tax Plan Amid Battle
The House approved a pay as you go bill 313 to 95 ending most 1942 income tax liabilities for about 90 percent of taxpayers and imposing a 20 percent withholding on wages starting July 1. It shifts collection from the old system, with farmers facing a special rule and final returns due by March 15, while the plan now moves to the Senate for further debate.
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House
Dean P. Taylor
Troy
William T. Byrne
Loudonville
Rayburn
Robertson
D.-Va
Forand
D-R.i
Senate
Armed Services
Senators Win Opener From Utica
The Senators defeated the Utica Braves in the Eastern League opener at Hawk ins Stadium before 2,414 spectators amid mud wind and cold. Walt Smola pitched six no hit innings before trouble, allowed six hits and two walks for the win over John Donahue. Wally Schang appeared as pinch hitter for the Braves and Jim Collins played for Albany amid pregame ceremonies with Gov. Dewey sending regrets through Lieut. Gov. Wallace.
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Senators
Utica Braves
Hawkins Stadium
Walt Smola
Smola
John
Deacon) Donahue
Satola
Wally Schang
Braves
Schang
Jim
Ripper) Collings
Albany
Collins
Japs Attack Chungking As Forces Inch Toward 60 Percent Mark
The Japanese push 20,000 more troops into the Taicheng mountains on the Henan Shansi border, swelling the assault to about 60 percent of the forces. Chinese high command reports over 400 Japanese killed in a rescue column and more than 400 killed or wounded in another engagement.
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Chungking
Taicheng
Henan
Shansi
Colunin
Blast at Elkton munitions plant kills and injures dozens
A midafternoon explosion at Triumph Explosives Inc in Elkton Maryland sparked a fire that destroyed buildings and claimed at least 13 to 15 lives with dozens more injured. Army Navy and FBI forensic teams led relief efforts as officials warned the death toll could rise.
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Triumph Explosives, Inc
Triumph
Maryland
Gretna Green
Benjamin F. Pepper
Triumph Company
Army
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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