Allies Advance In Italy In Sharp Front Shift
Allied armies push four key points along the Italian front Agnone Archi Castel San Vincenzo Rocchetta with Montgomerys Eighth Army cutting an eight mile German salient and Clark s Fifth Army widening the line under bad weather. Germans dispute gains with about fifty Mediterranean divisions including ten directly tied to the Italian front.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Carovilli
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Adriatic
Isernia
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Volturno
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Russo Japanese Relations Seen Strained
The labor magazine War and the Working Class, citing Japanese extremists, says anti Soviet plans were inspired in favor of Germany. It notes the Pacific initiative lies with American forces, despite a 1941 Moscow neutrality pact.
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Far East
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Japan
Group Urges Negro Draft Policy Before Pearl Harbor
Chicago LPI A meeting under the National Negro Council urged using 500 000 single Negro illiterates before drafting pre Pearl Harbor fathers for non combat service. A resolution asked for primary education provision and an executive order to end segregating Negro soldiers from combat roles and relegation to engineer labor.
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Chicago Lpi
National Negro Council
Roosevelt
War Department
Byrd Committee again seeks 300000 federal civilian cuts
The Byrd economy committee urged a 300000 reduction in federal civilian employees and reported a 131058 payroll trim in the past three months. It warned that if this request is ignored it may push Congress to enact legislation forcing further federal employee cuts.
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Washington
Byrd Economy Committee
Congress of the United States
Vote On Consumer Subsidies Due Today
Washington report notes a house vote expected today on a bill to outlaw consumer subsidies while reviving the Commodity Credit Corporation. Debates show bipartisan opposition and defeat seems likely as administration allies seek to veto the subsidy ban.
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Washington
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bowles Warns Subsidies End to Boost Food Prices
Chester Bowles of the OPA warned Congress that ending subsidies would trigger an immediate 7 percent rise in average food costs and leave no effective price stabilization line. He cited proposed retail hikes across beef, pork, lamb, butter, cheese, dried fruit, canned vegetables, sugar and other staples, with specifics per pound or item.
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Chester Bowles
Office of
Price Administration
Rep
McCormack
D.-Mass
House
Bowles
OPA
Ditter and Manshire Die In Plane Crash Near Columbia
Congressman J William Ditter of Pa and Lieut Com J J Manshire executive officer at Willow Grove Naval Air Station were killed when their single engine plane crashed near Columbia after circling the air station field. The craft had departed Squantum Mass earlier that day en route to Willow Grove. Ditter resided in Ambler Montgomery County near Philadelphia.
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Columbia
J. William Ditter
Germans report sub bags blimp and plane
Berlin radio quoted the Associated Press that a U-boat in the Caribbean Sea shot down an American blimp and a plane yesterday, outlining damages and confirming the military loss.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Caribbean Sea
Fourth War Loan Begins January Fourteen Billion Quota Set
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced the start of the Fourth War Loan campaign with a 14 billion dollar quota. The drive aims to raise more than previous campaigns, backed by strengthened state committees and millions of volunteer salesmen targeting individual investors. The plan sets a 5.5 billion dollar personal subscription goal and requires all individual sales reported between January 18 and February 1, with non-banking investors reported from February 1 onward.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Reds Stem Nazi Lunges at Kiev
Soviet forces repelled major German mechanized offensives around Kiev, widening the wedge toward Krivoi Rog and Nikopol. Moscow reports claim 6,100 German dead and 1,211 tanks destroyed or disabled across battles from Rechitsa to near Dnepropetrovsk, while German claims speak of advance to within forty miles of Kiev.
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hitomir-Korostyshev
Henry cC. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Kiev Bulge
DNB
Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev
Zhitomir
Ships Collide Off Delaware in Dense Fog
Two tankers collided in heavy fog off the Delaware capes. The Fourth Naval District reported 39 survivors landed at Lewes, with unknown number missing. One ship caught fire while the other reached an Atlantic port under its own power. Red Cross aided survivors with clothing. Navy investigations ongoing. casualty names withheld until kin notified.
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Lewes
Del
Delaware Capes
Fourth Naval District
Navy
Atlantic
Raymond R. Atkins
American Red Cross
Naval Air Crash At Rio Kills 17 Americans
A large U S naval transport plane crashed thirty miles east of Rio de Janeiro killing 18 on board. Sixteen Navy officers and men were among the dead, along with one American civilian engineer and one Brazilian. The fire caused by the crash burned for hours. cause under investigation. Bodies of 17 Americans were buried yesterday in Staru Cemetery, following local law.
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Navy
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Recife
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Tero1
Bismarck Arrival Sparks Stockholm Diplomatic Speculation
Otto von Bismarck, grandson of the German chancellor, arrived in Stockholm with his Swedish-born wife from Berlin. He refused visitors as speculation swirled that the envoy might be reassigned to Stockholm for a German propaganda push or due to illness.
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Oto von Bismarck
Rome
Bismarck
Stockholms-Tidningen
Berlin
Germany
Otto von Bismarck
London
Sweden
Diafavon
Rommel Pushes Fresh Divisions in Yugoslav Campaign
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel reinforced his assault on Yugoslav guerrillas as Tito’s Partisan leadership claimed German offensive efforts were halted. In central Bosnia the Sarajevo Travnik axis faced renewed fighting while Partisans recaptured Foca and attacked Dalmatian positions. Tito noted German gains on Krk and Cherso were repelled as the Adriatic front remained volatile. London pressed anew over Cos and Leros losses as Turkey leaned toward the Allies amid the Dodecanese dispute. The Sunday Chronicle likened the loss to Singapore on a small scale.
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Adriatic
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Leros
Turkey
Sunday Chronicle
Dodecanese
Singapore
Financial Policy Proposed For Relief Group
Atlantic City N J United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation work adopted a new financial policy to control short world supplies and curb gold balance competition. The UNRRA finance sub committee said the plan will go to the full finance committee and council for approval. It requires member governments obtaining or giving relief to consult with UNRRA director Herbert Lehman before transacting in currency or supplies.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
UNRRA
Council of Delegates
Herbert Lehman
Russian Church Supports Red Army in War Refutation
The Soviet era church stance is defended by War and the Working Class, claiming the Moscow Patriarch Sergei and the Holy Synod altered nothing in official policy. The publication asserts the church supported the Red Army and defended the country against German invasion, refuting fascist charges of religious persecution.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
War
Sergei
All Russia
The
Holy Synod
Red Army
Prisoners Treated Humanely Says YMCA Leader
Tracy Strong executive director of the war prisoners aid for the YMCA told 500 parents of American POWs at St. Thomas Church that the great majority of American prisoners of war are protected from inhumane treatment and treated as soldiers, not as prisoners, after a tour overseas on prisons of war.
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New York UP
Tracy Strong
Strong
St. Thomas’ Church
Release of Mosley Provokes Protests in London
London protesters denounced the release of Oswald Mosley and his wife from Holloway jail as 30 000 fascists reportedly await a revival. Government cited debility and illness for the release. Labor leaders warned of fallout in the mines and public opinion split over privileges for Mosley. A random bus rider mused about future releases. Massey’s 1936 wedding referenced.
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London
Sir Oswald
Will Lawther
Mine Workers Federation
Mosley
Hess
Massey
Adolf Hitler
Stars Quit Films To Await Stark
Moviegoers will have to do without Betty Grable and Alice Faye until after next April as they retire to await motherhood. Grable rose to fame two years ago after Faye left to have her first child, Alice Jr. Both are married to orchestra leaders Phil Harrie and Harry James.
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Holywood CP
Betty Grable
Alice Faye
Miss Grable
Miss Faye
Alice, Jr
Alice
Phil Harrie
Betty
Harry James
Britain and Soviet Names for UN Commission Delegates
William Strang was named British representative and Fedeor Tarsovich Gusev was appointed Soviet representative on the United Nations European advisory commission created at the Moscow conference.
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London
William Strang
Fedeor Tarsovich Gusev
United Nations
European Advisory Commission
Tripower
Moscow
United States lands on Makin and Tarawa in Pacific push
United States Marines and Army troops landed on Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands as part of a new Pacific drive. Admiral Nimitz reported the assault met moderate resistance at Makin while Tarawa battles raged with fierce Japanese defense.
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Tarawa Islands
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Solomons
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Equator
American landings in Gilbert Islands face tough atolls
No Comment Japanese broadcasts had mentioned the Gilbert Islands landings by 10 p.m. last night. U S government monitors said those who fought in the Solomons gave no clue to identity. The enemy resisted landings at Makin and Tarawa, but there is doubt any Japanese naval forces were met. Makin, attacked previously in two raids, lies low with limited protection, while atolls rise only a few yards. A prior Navy carrier raid and a Carlson Roosevelt-led Marine raid marked previous actions on Makin.
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Solomons
Makin
Tarawa
Evans F. Carlson
James Roosevelt
French Accede To British In Lebanon Crisis
Algiers reports a French National Committee order restoring Lebanese President Bechara Khoury and negotiating France promised independence regime from 1941. It recalls General Jean Heileu, frees Premier Riad Sahl and two ministers, status of Sahl left open, following British envoy Hareid MacMillan’s urgent appeal.
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Bechara Khoury
France
Georges Catroux
Jean Heileu
Beit
Riad Sahl
Halleu
Hareid MacMillan
French North Africa
Aurick
Party Lines Drawn Wary Senators Weigh Soldier's Absentee Ballot Bill
Senators from both parties study a servicemen absentee voting bill amid concerns of loopholes and election advantages. Republicans back amendments and a party-nominated four-member commission, with a fifth, the Chief Justice, only on deadlock. The bill envisions ballots for electors, Senators, and House members distributed by the Army and Navy.
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Washington LLP
Senate
Elections Committee
Commission
House of Representatives
Army
Navy
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Makin Grab Follows Quick US Strategy Shift in Pacific
The Associated Press reports US assaults on Makin and Tarawa signal swift follow ups to seize air bases for the next move. Admiral Nimitz aims at Nauru or the Marshall Islands, with the Gilberts attack chosen as initial thrust to weaken Japanese defences.
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Makin
Tarawa
Gilbert
South Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Nauru
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
Nimitz
Marin Grab
Tanks Used Against Japs in New Guinea and Bougainville
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific press the Japanese on the main trail east of Sattelberg New Guinea with Australian troops and Matilda tanks. Allied bombers drop a 138 ton bomb on Gasmata New Britain. MacArthur says troops patrol from the Empress Augusta Bay bridgehead Bougainville amid strong enemy resistance.
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Sattelberg
New Guinea
Gasmata
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Solomons
Abandoned Children Claimed by Mother
New York police station intake notes show two children, a three year old boy and a two year old girl, were abandoned but later claimed by their mother Mrs Rose Mooney. She said she fled after an impulse and cried that a $62.76 monthly Western Department allotment was not enough.
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Rose Mooney
Western Department
Religious Charities Leader Cautions on Delinquent Care
A Catholic Charities official urged caution in using religious and ethical arguments in handling delinquents. He warned against forcing religion into treatment and advised careful consideration during a Catholic gathering attended by about 400 members of the Ladies of Charity in New York Archdiocese.
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