Page Two -------- Illinois Valley News, Thursday, December 30, 1913 I 13- Italy formally dc*clares war on Ger­ many. by action of Premier Mar­ shal Badoglio 14— In great raid on Schweinfurt. Ger­ many, important ballbearing fac­ tories are destroyed, at a cost of 60 Flying Fortresses. 23—Melitopol, key city of German de­ fense in south Ukraine, falls to Rus­ sians 25—Russian troops recapture Dneprope­ trovsk, important industrial city. 29 U. S and New Zealand troops land on Treasury Islands, in Northern Solomons THE YEAR'S TEN 'HIGHEST EVENTS SELECTE!» By: BAUKHAGE (WNU Washington Correspondent ) I—MILITARY: Russian summer-fall offen­ sive. < b) Pacific offensive (Attu.New November 2—U. S. marines Invade Bougainville Is­ land in northern Solomons 4—RAF’ planes drop more than 2,000 tons of bombs on Dusseldorf. Ger- Ger­ many. • - Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, retaken by Russians 7- British Eighth army advances In It­ aly. taking eight towns. 11—Nazis scuttle ships, blast installations to block harbors >f Leghorn and Pes­ cara 13—Russians capture Zhitomir. Important rail center of southern front; Chinese forces report gains along Yangtze river. 1» -Greatest raid in history blasts Ber­ lin, dropping 2.500 tons. 23 Another huge air attack smashes Ber­ lin. One-fourth of city said to be razed. Makin island, member of Gilbert group, is taken by U. S. combined forces. 26 Russians rip 37-mile-wide gap in Nazi lines north of Gomel. 27—Marines take Tarawa, one of Gilbert islands, after "toughest fighting" in their historv 30 British Eighth army bursts through Nazi lines in Italy, approaching Rome. 7/i<* year be^an it ith these ini portant events: January 1 -Russian» capture Velikye Luki, great railway center. G 78th Congress convenes. 23 British troops enter Tripoli, capital of Libya. 25- Advancing Russians take Voronezh, Nazi anchor. Surrender” 2« -‘’Unconditional agreement of Casablanca conference announced. (ti) Russians recapture Velikye Luki, railroad center 4 U. S Department of War Informa­ tion announces 61,126 service casual­ ties to date. 12 U. S. planes based in Africa bomb Naples, Italy ■Biitish only 40 miles from Tripoli. I’,i itllh i nter Ti ipoli, Lib, an capital Voronezh, big Nazi stronghold, falls to Russians 26—"Unconditional Surrender" agree­ ment of Casablanca announced. 1 February Last German troops surrender tn Stalingrad; U. S. Naval forces repel major Japanese attacks in Solomons area 6 Allied headquarters establish sepa­ rate U S. command for North Africa. 9 -Last Japs withdraw from Guadal­ canal. Rostov and Voroshilovgrad captured by Russians. 15- Russians take Kharkov. Important base. 16 Cruiser Chicago is sunk by Japs; U S Navy reports 15 Jap snips hit. 26 -U S tlyeis raid Kiska in Aleutians 2 March 3— Rzhev retaken by Russian». 4 Allied bombers destroy Jap convoy of 22 ships. 11 British attack Mareth line In Tunisia 17 American forces take Gafsa in Tu- ntffla. 20 Chinese check Jap drive In Hupeh- Hunan region. 24 Advancing Russians retake Abinsk and other towns near Smolensk 26 U. S and Biitish troops advance in Tunisia. 31 British take Matouia and two other cities in Tunisia. April Fot tresses raid Cagliari, Sardinia; Chinese drive Japs back into Burma 1 4 Chinese reta ke < íhuchischuan 5- Allies bomb Naples. Kiel, Antwerp. Brest 1 : Bremen and other north cities bombed in "biggest 20 Russians attack on Kuban li Japanese execute U. S. flyi 23 U S Naval forces occupy islands, southwest Pacific M.n 6 7 14 19 30 31 Lt Gen Jacob Devers is named U S commander of European theater. Bi < i !«• falls to Americans: British first army takes Tunis I ast resistance ends in North Africa U S bombers raid Pantelleria. Itali­ an Island fortress Guerrilla warfare spreads tn Balkan» laps admit toi s ot Attu French Alexandria fleet joins Allies J uno 9 11 1 tallan Island fortress 12 S land on Rendeva. in J llh I 5 | n 12 I 4 27 28 1 5 6 V I R ih Cat Am Rus I 24 15 ans drive Into Ukraine i enter Messina. Island of Vela I Ila in Solomons taken tar.ee ends on Sicily and Canadian troop» occupy K’ska Quebec c reni on war ends. British Admiral Mountbatten made chn f of Allied Southeast Asia com- tnand Russians retake Taganrog. Nazi an- ( Moscow-Cairo-Teheran ). (b) Formation of the VNRRA. III—DOMESTIC (a) Passage of the Connally Resolution. (b) Administration moves to right (OPA, Food Adminis­ tration, War Mobilization, Stabilization, Economic Warfare). (C) Republican political gains. (d Congress revolts against an­ ti-inflation program (sub­ sidies, reduced tax bill, res­ olution favoring railroad wage increase). day» ba»» 4—Explosion and fire in munitions plant at Elkton. Md . kills 13 and Rijures 60 15—A tornado injures about 200 men. and destroys 41 buildings valued at $175.000 at Fort Riley. Kan. 21— Spreading floods in Mississippi val­ ley take twelve lives, and leave 108 000 homeless. 24—Death toll in flooded region of lower Mississippi valley reaches 17, and 160.000 are estimated to be without shelter. ¿WUTJ 58 January 1—New Year's Day football results: Rose Bowl—Georgia 9, U. C. L A 0; Sugar Bowl—Tennessee 14. Tulsa 7; Orange Bowl—Alabama 37, Boston College 21; Cotton Bowl—Texas 14. Georgia Tech 7; Sun Bowl—Second Air Force 13. Hardin-Simmons 7; Ka/n.r Stadium—East All-Stars 13. West All-Stars 12. 17—Ted W'illiams. formerly of Boston Red Sox. named "player of the year." 21 -Dodgers sign Cooney. Waner. Sisler; Yankees get Nick Etten I’ ebruary 20—William Cox. New York sportsman, purchases Philadelphia Phillies for about $230.000 from National League. 24 Bucks Harns signs to manage Phil­ adelphia ball club. 13—Greg Rice runs fastest 2 miles at K of C meet, in 8:52.7 tstration; President Roosevelt gives [ 17—Philadelphia team wins the Golden last minute reprieve to Max Stephen, Gloves championship in New York. sentenced to death for aiding escape 18 Detroit wins national hockey league of a Nazi flyer title. 7 -Gen Henn Giraud, French com­ 20— Cornelius Warmerdam sets new pole mander ut Northwest Africa, arrives vault record of 15 feet, 8*? inches. in Washington. 15 The Board of Economic Warfare Is April abolí ‘ i d. and its fiMctions trans­ ferred to the Reconstruction Finance 1 8-Detroit Red Wings defeat the Boston Corporation; Chester Bowles is Bruins, 2-0 to capture the Stanley Cup. named general manager of the Office of Price Administration. May 19 Worlds largest pipeline, the Longview, Inch," _____ running from ___ _ Texas, to Phoenixville, ‘ ^..'.4ville, Pa., Pa is opened, 1 1—Count Fleet wins Kentucky Derby, in 2;04. 21 John Lewis, as president of United 8 C < unt Fleet w ins Preakness, in 1:57.2. Mine Workers, signs two-year con- 21 — Bob Montgomery outpoints Beau tract with Illinois Coal Operators Jack to. gain lightweight title. A s elation; War Department reveals 65,058 prisoners of war in country. June 28 Navy asks for more WAVES, stat- . i' that enrollment must reach 23 Guilder Hao’g outruns Greg Rice to 91,000 by end of 1944; Coffee rationing win 5.000 meter race. ended by OPA: Blue Network of 26 Fianciseo Seguia wins Nat'l Col- Radio Corporation of America sold. | legiate tennis title, defeating Tom Brown Jr \llgU8t 23- Whirlaw ay, 5 year old race horse, retired 2 Race riot sweeps New York, result­ ing in death of five negroes, and in­ July juries to 500; Drafting of pre Pearl Hatbor fathers set to begin on Oc­ 2— Patty Btrg defeats Dorothy Kirby tober 1. for Women s Western Open Golf 6 June personal income« totaled $12,- Championship. 162.000 000, a new record. 10 — Guilder Hagg establishes 8 53.9 13—Gasoline ration in Midwest and South­ American record for 2 miles. January west reduced from four to three 13 — American League team wins annual gallons per coupon. 1 President Roosevelt calls for unity All Star game, 5 to 3. 14 The War Manpower Commii*6ion es­ among Allies, stresses "the supreme 26—Harold McSpaden defeats Buck tablishes new list of 149 critical oc­ necessity of planning what is to Whitney by 1 stroke to win All-Ameri­ cupations for first priority in draft come after the war." can golf title, Patty Berg takes deferments Samuel 6 78th Congress convenes; women s title. 19 The army must be raised to 8,200,000 Rayburn speaker of house for third men by January 1, 1944. and the navy term. Pleasure driving banned in August to 2.861,000. the War Manpower eastern states; Fuel oil ration re­ Board announces. 8— Ryder Cup golf team, captained by duced 25 per cent. 23 The Gulley Coal Act, passed In 1937, Craig Wood, defeats Walter Hagen s 11- U S .111(1 Britain relinquish extra­ to stabilize coal prices, expires. No team. territorial rights in China move made to renew it. 9 — Howard Schcnken wins the contract 12 -OPA sets corn ceilings at approxi- budge master's championship for mately $1 a bushel fifth time by which men can 28 -Joint draft system, . 25 —College All-Stais defeat the Wash­ The exchange ship Gripsholm sails be inducted into navy, marines and ington Redskins, professional football with 1 310 Japanese, to be exchanged coast guard as well as army, an- champions, 27-7. i i \ ericans at Goa, Portu­ nounced. gese India; Churchill and Roosevelt September confer in Washington. I ( lit llil I V 4 William Jeffers, director of the na- 6—IJeut. Joseph Hunt takes the nation­ National income In IMS was $113.- ' Ron's i ubber pi of i am, resi 'ns. al amateur tennis championship. 824 (MM).000 as c< oiipai cd w ith $94, • 6 Churchill asks Anglo-American alli­ 18 — The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the 500.000.000 in 1941 ance Chicago Cubs. 2 1. clinching the Na­ » Roosevelt orders 48 hour work; week 7- Republican Postwar Advisory Coun­ tional league pennant. minimum in labor shortage areas, cil meets at Mackinac Islai d, Mich, 19— Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Card­ rationed, effective foods 20 Dried i' a for 15 billton dollar third war inals in professional toolball opener March 1 loan opened by presidential address. 25—The New York Yankees take the !3 Secretary of Agriculture Wickard 14 Col William Coleman is convicted American League pennant for the nds w heat quotas. by a military court for drunkenness 14th time. and careless use of fireanns, de­ March moted to captaincy. October 16 U S casualties total 105 205. OWI 2 -U S and Chile representatives sign 3— Final baseball standings: St Louis reveals; 20,104 dead. 28,226 wound­ lend lea se a g revment Cardinals, won 105. lost 49. for a ed. 32.905 missing. 23,970 prisoners; ; Draft classification 411’ ’ foi men percentage of 682 The New York Rep James Curley. Mass . and five between 38 and 45 ended. Yankees won 98. lost 56, for a per­ others indicted on charges of having Lend-lease extension to July, 1944, centage of 636 accepted retainer fees to obtain war signed by President 8 — Columbus. O . American Association contracts Establishment of naval base at Casa ­ 24 team, defeats Syracuse. N Y . In­ 17 President Roosevelt reports to Con­ blanca announced by navy ternational league team, to capture gress on Quebec conference. 25 -Chester Davis named food chief "little world series" title 20 Army and navy chiefs of staff ask 29 A "critical shoitage of doctors is 10—Yankees win World Series, defeating full draft quotas, and state delay in developing.' an OWI survey reveals Cardinals, four games to one. drafting fathers will prolong war 24—Ossie Biuece signs two-year contract 23 Shoe ration stamp becoming valid \ pi ll to manage Washington Senators, and November 1. must last six months. Leo Durochcr signs to run Dodgers 8 Pi evident moves to check Inflation 25 Edward Stettinius Jr moves from in 1944 by executive older freezing wages lend lease administrator to succeed and forbidding wat workers to change Sumner Wells as undersecretary of November Jobs state. 29 Senator» repoit on war tour. 10 F< < d cot ceiling prices raised from 2—Stanley Musial St Louis Cardinal 81.02 a bushel to $1 07 outfielder, named most valuable plav- < Irtobrr 11 /X bill permitting the national debt er in National League limit to rise to 210 billion dollars, 4 Treasury asks for ten and a half 4 — Spurgeo (.'hardier. New X'ork Yan­ and a ink i icpcaling the 825,000 net billions in new tax revenue kees pitcher, chosen most valuable s ilary limit becomes law without in American League 7 Mi l ger of Western Union and Postal Pi evident s signature Telegraph companies is completed 14—U <»f S. uthern California and the U 20 Pi< -nt« 4 Roosevelt confers on war • .■ f 11 Censorship of weather news is lifted. and p< postwai problems with Presi­ 12- National l abor Relations Board rules 19—Beau Jack regains lightweight title, dent Camacho of Mexico outpointing Bob Montgomery that labor unions have a moral re­ 30 Soft coal mmeis of United Mine 2? -G eat Lake* defeats Notre Dame (19- sponsibility not to strike in wartime. Workers kers uni n unti reject President 13 American Federation of Labor votes 14' m \eat s biggest football upset Roosevelt sevel s oid. i 1' S breaks re- to take United Mine Woikers back th Martinique December into fold. 18 Third war loan passes goal of 15 bil- 12— Chicago Bears win western pro foot­ Max lion dollars by nearly __ ______________ four billions _ ball ch impionship The 48 hour week for war industries takes over 1 F 13— Ned Dav regan * title as All Star is extended to 30 more localities National B 'whng champion Zinc-steel pennies are to be discon­ es 53 5 pi tinued. Treasury announces. f 'm ral 28 Wi'ucat coal strikes referred to (or 11 President by War Labor Board. 29 -Jams and jellies are placed on ra and V 13 •f», tinned ist. other items raised, a few low er ed. it .i hour 26 January No* rmbrr u nt w ith ooo mem A FL J unt* I Na •U’’**1 ' cv the »( I avy V Pi aft T 30 in w hits ed by than 24 t nine killed. t be t u supy 21 28 go root de- per- ■ds Ches A dmims June 6—Navy reports 84 men killed when an ammunition ship collides with tanker off Port Arthur, Tex. July March 1—RAF and U S bombers continue massive raids, hitting Dusseldorf region meets with Pnsident Roosevelt Churchill and. Chiang Kai-shek in Cairo. Egypt. Agree to "strip Japan of her stolen empire." and Stalin 6—Roosevelt. Churchill meet at Teheran, Iran, reach "com- plete agreement on measures to crush v»» ciU3ii Germany"; ini.zny , U. v. S naval task foice raids Marshall Islands. 7 Chinese admit loss of Changteh, im­ portant city in "rice bowl." Allies all "aid 9 Turkey promts* short of war"; Chinese recapture Changteh. 13 Russian troops regain initiative in Kiev area; British Eighth army cracks Nazi line in Italy, captur- ing 6.(MM) 14 President Roosevelt, returning from conferences, visits Malta and Sicily. !.. American planes raid Greece; U. S. heavy bombers smash Jap base on New Britain Island. 16 Prime Minister Churchill stricken by pneumonia. German bombers sink 17 United Nations merchant ships. 17- American Sixth army lands at Ara- we. on New Britain island, southwest Pacific 8 -Japs withdraw Guinea 1 Allied forces invade mainland of Italy near Reg gu» Calabria Allies capture Palmi Deltanova -ITALY St RR KNDFRS UNUONDl- T1ONALIA S taimo, steel center. falls to Russia British trtxp» est Allied ra France 10- -Germans •eue »cue Hot 11- Allies take Salem surrenders >4—Salamaua falls to V and Aus Italian forces 16-Ni voressiisk recaptutrd by Russians 24- Nazi troops evacuate Corsica 28- Biitish take foggla May 1—Ration values of meats reduced 30 per cent. 3— U. S plane output for November an­ nounced as 7.789 4— Arn.y will retire 25.000 officers, re­ ducing total to 625.000 7—Biggest U S battleship, the 45.000- ton Wisconsin, is launched. 10— Non-operating rail workers get sen­ ate approval for eight cent per hour raise. 11— Senate military committee plans graduated discharge pay for service­ men. ranging from $200 to $500 16— President Roosevelt returns to capi­ tal; senate committee votes to retain food subsidies for 60 days. 17— OPA promises lowering of meat ra­ tion points. II—DIPLOMATIC: (a) The four-power conferences I hrriiibrr January Guinea, Solomons, Gil­ berts). Italy surrenders. Air offensive against Ger­ man cities. December 22— Maj Gen William Upshur, Capt. C irles Paddock, both U. S M. C officers, and four other persons are killed in Navy plane crash near Sitka. Alaska. 27— Three soldiers who became lost In desert maneuvers near Yuma, Ariz., die of thirst. 28 Hurricane sweeping over Texas Gulf coast kills 13 persons. Damage esti­ mated at 10 million dollars. .August 1—Ten persons, including Mayor Wil liam Baker and Maj. William Robert­ son. die when Army glider crashes in demonstration flight in St. Louis. 2 —Five Negroes killed, more than 500 wh’te and colored injured in race rioting in New York city’s Harlem district. 5— Fourteen persons are drowned in a "flash" flood in central West Vir­ ginia. 28— Twenty-one miners are killed In gas explosion at Sayreton, Ala. 30—Twenty-nine persons are killed and 150 injured in wreck of crack Dela­ ware. Lackawanna and Western R R. train near Wayland, N. Y. Sfptember 6— Eighty persons killed and 17? injured, when Congressional Limited of the Pennsylvania R. R. is derailed near Philadelphia 7— Twentieth Century Limited train of New York Central R. K. is derailed near Canastota. N Y . killing three; Houston. Tex . hotel fire takes lives of 50 men 17—Explosion of depth charge» at the Naval Air Station. Norfolk, Va takes 25 lives About 2<)0 are injured 20—Twenty-five soldiers die when Army transport plane crashes near Max­ ton. N. C. October 16—Crash of airliner 47 miles west of Nashville, Tenn., takes 10 lives. 23—Navy announces that 88 seamen died when two tankers collided off Palm Beach. November 23—Six children die in farm home fire near Chicago. December 13—Twenty marines killed. 29 injured in Hawaii when collision of navy planes releases bomb. 16—Sixty-nine killed. 50 injured in colli­ sion of two fast trains near Buie, N. C. Forty-eight of the dead were servicemen. REICH BOMBED MATHS J anua ry 5— Famed Negro scientist, Dr. George Washington Carver, 78 6— President emeritus of Harvard U . Dr. Abbott L. Lowell. 86 10—“Message to Garcia" heio. Col An­ drew S. Rowan, 85. 23—Alexander Woollcott, 56, "The Town Crier" of radio, author, critic, play wnght, actor. :sons di» in sanitar- accents rew w ’ ,e agree1 giving 21 — British Chancellor of the Exchequer. luu tire ti mine is $.»<♦ 74 for 48-nour ’ Sir Kingsley Wood, 62 5 -Senate votes postwar cc aboration F. bruni V with other nations 85 to 5 October 6 Fifteen non-operftting rail: id urn-» il--Eighteen l< ?s when a Liberator reject wage increase offer« ed b\ einer- 6—Patrick Nash. 8<* political leader of bomber cr tn New f.—Ben Bernie 53. band leader. 22 \ank« e C. Gishes and sinks w William Davis says board Tagus nvz•r Lisibon Peitugal. to wage stabilization pro* November bert Lehman is apnoinu Manli grrrral of the United Nat 0—Dr Je»x G BuUuwa. de»*loper of and Rehabilitation Admin pnei ■ a r ¡'’.I1 a* 64 2 Nineteen t odies recovered In coal 13 Interned Janane«» at Tule Lake. 31—Ren J W ( ) Her H —Penn ) er at Bear Creek. M t « 32—Rep H B Ste 4211 iD -Ala ) Calif . stage another demonstration. 21-Flood wate rs spread over a wide 1' S war expenditures from Julv. area in Gr 20 yea secre’.arv to President Roosevelt at ■ ' April X to treasury A subsidy of 100 million dv ars is al- 14- E C Billy '■ Ha»es 59 wellkrm 13—Omaha airport and village of Carter I »sea ted to stabilize price A flour track coach of Indiana V . the Re Lake. low* flooded when Missouri 20 Jaruan draft call to be twice as D: W A Brown. 77 Pre-b river dikes break large as War Manpower commission tcrian minis ter. one ot founders u< 14-Seven Sea Scouts drowned, and estimated World Counc ‘ 11 of Churches three missing when cabin cruiaer 25—Hous» votes against esters »n of con­ Reteased by We >‘ew Britaus.