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January 12, 1944

Tribune: "Japanese forces in New Britain and New Guinea have succeeded in recovering all their lost airfields, according to a war communiqué yesterday from anti-Axis headquarters [Melbourne] in the southwest Pacific." It's from Buenos Aires dated January 11, "Special to the Tribune." Just one of many articles blowing ill wind from Buenos Aires.

"158 guerrillas lay down arms" led by their "youthful" leader Captain Pedro Cajucom.

"Ciano, 17 others sentenced to death" — after being tried in Verona. Ciano and five others have been executed already. They were signatories of the agenda for the meeting of the Grand Fascist Council, which led to the downfall of Mussolini on July 25.