Ukrainians Sweep Southward As Russians Press Forward
The Soviet first Ukrainian army advances toward the Dniester after Berdichev. German forces retreat to marsh defenses west of Olevsk and guard bridges on Ubort and Sluch rivers. Von Mannstein forms a rearguard along the prewar frontier while Russians push toward Poland’s former border near Zhitomir and Sarny.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Fritz Val Mannetein
Pripet
Olevsk
Kiev
Warsaw
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukraine
Dniester
Berdichev
Zhitomir
von Mannstein
Kowel
Gorodnitza
Novogorod-Volynski
Ias
Tye
Ubort
Sluchec
Novo peolod-Volxnski
Masta News
Reis
Sluch
Ole
Sarny
Bug River
Dnieper
Nevel
Dr. Allen Moyer Dead in Ann Arbor
Dr Allen Moyer state health commissioner died at St Josephs Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor shortly after 1 0 0 clock this morning He had been ill three weeks with a cardiac condition Moyer born April 12 1876 on an Eaton county farm studied at Detroit College of Medicine and in Europe He joined state government in 1930 as medical secretary to Acting Governor Dickinson and became health commissioner August 1 1930 He sought closer cooperation between physicians and health agencies in public health efforts
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Farry F. Kelly
Moyer
Eaton County
Detroit College of Medicine
Wayne University
Maxo Brothers Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Europe
Interstate Medical Association
Meer
Dickinson
Cly Taite
Frank D Fitzgerald
Dr. Mayer
Mayer
Kelly
Dr. Moyers
Massacre at Kalavrita reported by Greek government
Jan 6 Cairo reports the exiled Greek government said Germans killed more than 7,000 Kalavrita residents and set ablaze the Mega Spileo and Agia Lavra convents. Males over 12 were forced outside to listen to machine gun fire, then women and children were burned in a school. Monks were mistreated and cast into a ravine as homes were looted.
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Cairo
Kalavrita
Mega Spileon
Agia Lavra
Pelopormesus
Public Auction Notice in Halloway Mich
Public auction advertised at one mile east and one mile south of Halloway Mich. Searse Brablee named as auctioneer. See market page for details.
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Jennery Fi
Feulty
Halloway
Auci
Comedian Criticizes Entertainers Frontline Tour
The comedian Joe Brown arrived in Algiers for a month of shows in Italy and blasted entertainers who avoid front lines. He urged those who won t go to the front to go home and complained about army officials scheduling performances around headquarters. He said front men love the eyes that provide entertainment. He had recently toured China, India and the Middle East.
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Almers
Jai
Joe EH
Brown
Algiers
Italy
China
India
Middle East
Packard Plans for Peace and Postwar Output
Detroit January report shows Packard Motor Car Co outlining plans to spend about 510,090,000 to resume civilian passenger car production. George T. Christopher, the company’s president, says roughly 6.5 million would buy new equipment. Four months to start car manufacture if government machinery is cleared. Packard also says it produced 335,100,000 worth of Rolls-Royce aircraft and Packard marine engines for PT boats, triple the prior peak. Company projects 1344 volume to reach 500,000,000. Christopher notes significant postwar employment, with 27.2 percent women, 500 physically handicapped workers and about 500 returning servicemen.
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Detroit
Jan
Packard Motor Car Company
George T. Christopher
Compar
Christopher
Rolls-Royce
Packard Marine
Packard
Berlin dispatch reports Australian landing at New Guinea cape
London dispatch from Tokyo via German news agency DNB states Australian troops have made a new landing at Cape Gundhi on the northern coast of New Guinea.
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London
Berlin
DNB
Tokyo
Cape Gunthi
New Guinea
Lend-Lease aid totals reach 18.6 billion by Nov 30
President Roosevelt announced that lend-lease aid to Allies stood at 18.608 billion dollars through November 30, 1944. He spoke of United Nations unity, growing Allied offensives, and the program as essential to victory, noting shipments of munitions and ship repairs aided by the aid.
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Associated Piles
Washington
Roosevelt
America
United Nations
al ‘Fe--Bsat
Acd
Cairo
Lendjlesse
Senate
I Clerl
House
United
Nations
Alzust
School Janitors Seek Wage Boost From Board
A delegation of school janitors urged the board for better working conditions including a 10 percent wage increase beginning July 1, added vacation, Saturday afternoons off, holidays, and a union grievance committee. The board will discuss the proposals at the February meeting with AF of L local representatives. Separately, complaints about soot from the school plant near the two high schools were noted and a rep from the coal stocker company was summoned to fix the issue.
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Lhe
Lawrence Piercey
Detroit
Af.l
Iunion
King
Fiercey
George Littie
Coal Stckers
President Roosevelt Stays in White House Quarters
In Washington on January 8 1945 President Roosevelt remained in his White House quarters to recover from grippe and continue work on his annual message to Congress. He had a brief appointment with Harold R Stark commander of American naval forces in the European theater before returning to his duties.
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Waliington
Roosevelt
Grippe
White House
Congress
Harold R. Stark
Egg famine feared as poultry markets shift
The Associated Press reports a feared egg shortage as eastern and midwestern farmers sell flocks due to prices not covering costs amid high feed prices. Poultry leaders warn many will reduce production this year, risking a national shortage within months. Extensions officials in South Carolina note government requests to boost production have faltered, risking financial losses if actions aren’t taken.
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Associated Press
Patrisa
Yuen
Return of Sgt Marlatt Echoes 32nd Traditions in New Guinea
Sgt Floyd Marlatt, veteran of the 32nd Division, recalls brutal New Guinea battles and predicts continued hard fighting near Saidor. He credits the unit with resilience and cites rebuilt ranks in Australia after heavy losses. Marlatt and his father Roy stress disciplined fighting and determination to press on against the Japanese.
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Floyd Marlatt
New Guinea
Buna
Elesa Marlat
Papuanl Peninsula
Marlatt
Louisiana
National Guards
Red Arrow
Australia
Adrian
32Nd
Saidor
Roy Marlatt
France
Marlah
Rapeul
New Britain
Drown as car skids into river in Michigan line of deaths
Fog and sleet worsened driving in southern Michigan as at least 20 people died in traffic incidents. Five Chrysler Marysville workers drowned when their car plunged into the St Clair River. others included a Lansing boy struck crossing a road. A search resumed for two missing fishermen as forecast called for snow flurries and colder weather across the region.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Marysville
St. Clair River
Louise Kaufman
Kenneth Shobert
Orr
Shobert
Gar Wooa
Charles Byron Steele
Lansing
Donald R. Dalton
Lea Steete
Detroit
William R. Palmer
Julius
Ivery
Gresa Bay
Ford River
Miln Clark
Donald Pratt
Weather Bureau
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
War At A Glance Summary From Allied Front Lines
Anticipated Allied advances push into San Vittore and Cassino on a 1 mile front. Red Army drives 35 miles toward Berdichev threatening the Romanian front. RAF bombers strike Stettin and Mosquitoes hit Berlin after broad American raids. Yugoslav partisans force Germans from Banja Luka. Argentina tightens government press curbs. Marines push along Bergen Bay and Rabaul targets are bombed as Maj. Gen. Mitchell vows Rabaul will be rendered useless. S. Pompano listed as missing.
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OALY
San Vittore
Cassino
Russia
Red Army
Polarid
Sernyj
Berdichev
Rumanian
Baltic
Stettin
Banja Luka
Argentina
Bergen Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Mitchell
U. S
Pompano
Allied Air Attacks Sink 17 Jap Planes and Two Freighters
Allied air strikes across Dutch Timor to New Ireland destroy 17 Japanese planes and two freighters and score a direct hit on an enemy cruiser. U.S. Marines expand at Cape Gloucester New Britain driving Japanese east with tanks and artillery while repelling repeated attacks on the Bergen Bay front.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Dutch Timor
New Ireland
Southwest Pacific Command
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Sag Sag
Cape
Pacific
Sherman antitrust violation charged in New York suit
A Justice Department civil action filed in U S District Court New York names E I du Pont De Nemours Remington Arms and Imperial Chemical Industries as forming an international cartel in violation of the Sherman act. The suit alleges a conspiracy to restrain trade in chemicals arms and ammunition with leadership by du Pont ICI and senior officers.
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Washington
UPI
E. I. du Pont ‘de Nemours
Remington Arms Co
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd
United States
British Chemicals and Arms Industries
Justice Department
Francis Biddle
United States District Court
New York City
du Pont
Imperial Chemical Industries
Jlammot du Pont
Wilmington
Del
du Pont Company
Walker Samuel Carpenter Jr
Charles Krum Davis
Fairfield
Ald
New York
Lic
ICI
Biddle
Remington
Pont
General Motors Corporation
Great Britain
Allied forces push into San Vittore amid Fifth Army drive in Italy
Allied headquarters say American and British units opened a major offensive on a 20 mile front in sleet and rain near San Vittore, breaking into the pillbox maze and advancing about a mile on day one. Air support with dive bombers aided the assault along the Via Casilina toward Cassino and Rome.
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Associated Press
Agiers
Fifth Army
San Vittore
Allied
Via Casilina
Cassino
Rome
Italy
Toledo gambler left letters detailing $30,000 losses before suicide
George K. Wilcox of Detroit, 48, an advertising executive, died in a downtown Toledo hotel after writing letters alleging losses to gamblers. Investigators consider possible federal rate violations in related transactions. Coroner reported poisoning. inquest planned. Survivors include his widow and two children.
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Toledo
Joel S. Rhinefort
Charles L. Hennessy
George K. Wilcox
Detroit
U. S
Geral P. Openlander
Isley
Frank G. Kreft
Kenneth D. Topill
Toledo Blade
Wilcox
The
Blade
Tn Hig Lettet
Topill Wilcox
McCann-Eri¢kson, Inc
D. P. Products Co
Birmingham
Stettin and Berlin Hit in RAF Mosquito Raids
London dispatch reports heavy night raids by RAF Mosquitos and a night bombing on Berlin as well as western Germany and northern France. Fifteen aircraft were lost in the 1,200 mile round trip to Stettin, a Baltic port city important for submarines, rail and maritime supply to the Russian front. Berlin suffered renewed strikes. Stettin’s destruction is described as significant with further disruption to emergency traffic and the bread supply.
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Associated Press
London
Stettit
Germany
Baltic
RAF
Berlin
Canital
Air Mministry
France
Stettin
Jatter
Bertin
Russia
Hitler
Leipzig
Switzerland
German Position On Russian Front Deemed Critical
BER N Switzerland Jan 6 The German press admits the Nazi stance on the Russian front is now critical. Berlin reports say Germany aims to moderate the Russian advance yet warns that failure could cost gains since 1943. Press notes cautious optimism persists over reserves and resolve.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Tribune de Geneve
Tribune
Germany
Reich
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Ann Arbor
Packard Planning For
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Ida Tarbell
Bridgeport
Conn
Ida Minerva ‘Laybell
American Women Writers
Bridgepot Hospital
Bulletin
Cier
Marshall
U. S. Navy
A. F. L. Union Masts
Sgt
Clark
Tajaa Lucas County
Tooit
Latvia
Wingrad
eNevel
Smolensk
Bagramian
Rzhev
Solensk
Bend
Berdic
Orel
Tkharkov
Drepropetrovsk
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