Allied push at Cassino lifts French and American gains in Italy
Allied report says Gen Alphonse Juin's French forces advance through rugged Apennines for two miles toward Cassino while American units push from the south in an encircling assault. British New Zealand troops gain ground near Orsogna as German resistance remains fierce. Allied air strikes hit Gui donia Cemorelle and Isola Colleferro Formia targets with significant damage. ten enemy planes shot down, five Allied losses.
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Allied
Alpiers
Jan
Alphonse
Juin
Yhrough
Apennines
Cassino
Mark AW
Clark
Toth
Vichy
Reuters
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Costa San Pitiro
Ventas
Cervaro
Mt. Trocchio
Rame Road
New Zealand
Pais
Gustav
Cerraro
Pennapiedimone
Orsagna
Air Command
Guidonia
Cemorelle
Rome
Perugia
Italy
AL Ruihway
Isola
Colleferro
Formia
Fifth Army
Sibenik
Auctions scattered across multiple towns in Midwest and Ontario
Public auction notices list sales near Medina Ohio Hamilton Indiana Metz Indiana Erion Ohio North Adams Michigan and Waldron Michigan with auctioneers A Linehan Drake and East Auen Day. Dates include January 18 and January 38 with market page references and directions such as 1 mile west 4 miles west and 3 miles north and east of various towns.
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Vilage
Medina Meh
Mohei
Adrian
Drake
Mi. FE
Hamiltan
Ind
Smiles S
Metz
Erion
Ohio
Auen
Day
North Adame
Michigan
Mo L. Davis
Dixon Farm
Dixon Road
Ras
Blinded in Air He Lands Safely
aviation cadet R. D. Seale aged 23 of Taft California went blind while piloting a one man training plane but landed safely with calm guidance from Lieut Colonel C W Thaxton at the army field control tower The doctors at the army hospital say the blindness is temporary and the craft was guided to a safe ground landing via radio instructions
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Chico
Calif
R. D. Seale
Taft
C. W. Thaxton
Army Field Control
Seale
Thaxton
Army Hospital
Lesle
Claude Porter Hurt In Traffic Crash
Claude E Porter of 727 Michigan Avenue, Adrian College centennial food drive manager, suffered minor facial lacerations and bruises when his car collided with an interstate truck at Madison and Williams Streets at 10 10 this morning. Norman Blystone of Grand Rapids drove the truck. Porter described his car as a complete loss. Porter was treated and released at a hospital.
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Claude E. Porter
Michigan Avenue
Adrian College Centennial
Lenawee County
Madison
Williams Street
Porter
Norman Blystone
Grand Rapids
Porrett
Madison Street
Wiliams Street
Ruth BE. Newton
West Henry Street
North Broad
Baptist Church
Newon
Dunley Howland
College Avenue
East Church Street
Dean Street
Howland
Heavy marketing of livestock predicted
Chicago observers forecast heavy sales of hogs cattle and poultry in the coming months as grain output lags animal numbers grain analysts warn wheat use for feed must be restricted to ensure human food supplies Miller's National Federation cautions. Predictions hinge on corn consumption in late 1943 and reduced domestic corn stocks amid rising livestock feed demand by 1942 meat program.
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Chicago
Millers’ National Federation
Uhlmann Grain Compa
Congress to Start Action to Promote Four Military Chiefs
Congress plans to elevate four top U S military leaders to protocol parity with British officers. The move would place General George C. Marshall Admiral Ernest J. King Admiral William D. Leahy and General Henry H. Arnold on par with Field Marshal Dill Admiral Noble and Air Marshal Welch. The aim is to prevent future protocol embarrassments and align U S ranks with allied counterparts.
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Washingius
San
George C, Yshadt
Ernest J] ‘King
United States Fleet
William D. Leahy
Com- Tranner
Ciel
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Vinson
House Naval
John Dill
Percy Noble
G.N. MacReady
William L. Welch
Combined Planning Board
Twelve Die In Santa Fe Train Wreck At Brownwood
A snowbound collision in Texas left twelve dead and seventy five injured as a four car Santa Fe extra train rear collided with a California-bound 12 car train at Brownwood station. Conductor blamed snowfall and heavy traffic amid poor communication as soldiers aided in recovery and victims were taken to Abilene Coleman and Brownwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Marge
Camp Barkley
Abilene
Coleman
Brownwood
G. C. Schultz
Ascerain
Planning group named for Lenawee County postwar projects
The Lenawee County Board of Supervisors names a permanent five member planning committee to guide postwar planning. It includes Clarke W. Baldwin Adrian R S Conlin Franklin Twp G H Mingus Hudson Twp E A Ballenberger Adrian and Claude Lee Seneca Twp. Ex officio administrative officials will join later. A temporary commission led by R F Conlin had urged a larger body after regional planning discussions at Hotel Hayes Jackson.
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Lenawee County
Eugene Ryan
County Board of Supervisors
Clarke W. Baldwin
Adrian
R. S. Conlin
Franklin Township
G. H. Mingus
Hudson Township
E. A. Ballenberger
Claude Lee
Seneca Township
Rf. G. Conlin
Conlin
Edward A. Ballenberger
GH. Mingus
Regional Planning Institute
Hotel Hayes
Jackson
Ryan
Hillsdale Supervisors Edge Toward Cold January Session
Hillsdale Jan 14 The Hillsdale county board of supervisors faced a near disruption of their January session when the courthouse boiler failed for lack of coal after an overdue fuel order. Clarence Hicks, superintendent, shoveled in the last coal as a local dealer found two tons to spare, delivering before the fire died out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hullsdale
Hillsdale County Board of Supervisors
Clarence Hicks
Court House
Lsst
Japs Hit In 2 Sectors As Allies Press Pacific Drive
Allied forces pressed offensives in two Pacific sectors while Tokyo radio hinted Japan’s home front is under strain. U S planes and PT boats blasted enemy shipping and bases in New Guinea, Arawe, and Alexishafen as ground patrols probed inland positions.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
New
Akyab
China
Hiseki ‘Tojo
Huon
New Cuilea
Mars Arihue
Arawe
New Britain
U.S. Sixth Army
Alexishafen
Noorthesstern
New Guinea
J PY
Reis Point
Sto
Douglas MacArthur
Sio
Kapugara River
Satdor
Alesishafey
Japan
Biles
Ninpanese
Manila
Tapen
Jits
Igland
Tokyo Radio
Railroads Drive Yugoslav Battle in Bosnia Front
Front dispatch reports continued fighting over control of the Banja Luka to Zagreb railway as German pressure increases. Partisans claim aviation downed near Bigojno, rail attacks near Brod destroy enemy trains, and a bridge on the Zagreb Oglin Fiume line near Karlovac was blown. Stolac repelled an assault and a lead mine in Herzegovina began production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Banja Luka-Zagreb
Bosnia
Banja Luka
Prijedor
Fosip Broz
Tite
Free Yugoslav Radio
Bigojno
Brod
Herzegovina
Stolac
Dinaric Alps
Adriatic
Tito
Mulder to Lead Blissfield Fourth War Loan Drive
Blissfield superintendent Dc Mulder was named Blissfield war bond chairman for the Fourth War Loan drive by county acting chair A A Palmer. Mulder replaces Joseph Carpenter who resigned due to illness. Blissfield’s E bond quota is 595,000 and the other bond quota 130,000, totaling 245,000.
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Dc Mulder
Blissfield
A. A. Palmer
Mulder
Joseph Carpenter
Background Map Shows Tito Tying Up Germans in Yugoslavia
A background map illustrates how Tito's forces engage German troops in Yugoslavia, detailing strategic positions and how the Partisans bind German advances as the page three illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Yugoslavia
Administration Plans Subsidy for Grapefruit Juice Cans
Washington reports the Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson signed a directive to establish a subsidy for grapefruit juice cans. War Food Administration head Marvin Jones and Vinson briefed lawmakers that the program would be announced today despite anticipated Congress protests. Citrus interests resisted but accepted the subsidy due to Roosevelt’s hold the line price controls.
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Washington
Congress
Fred M. Vinson
Pepper
Green
War Food Administration
WFA
Vinson
Marvin Jones
Florida
Roosevelt
192 NAZI FIGHTERS DOWNED IN LATEST US AIR RAID
London reports final tally from Tuesday air battle over the Reich. US air forces with 700 bombers and 300 escorting planes inflicted heavy losses on German fighters, with 162 fighters officially counted down and many aircraft plants damaged. Further raids targeted Oschersleben, Halberstadt, Brunswick, and Meppen as RAF Mosquitoes hit western Germany. one Typhoon lost in northern France operations.
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London
Reich
Air Force
United States
U. S
Jwar
Berlin
Bielefeld
Dortmund
Meppen
Dortmund-Ems Canal
Emden
Oschersleben
Junkers
Halberstadt
Messerschmitt
Brunswick
U.S
Tsed
Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
France
State Draft Chief Asks Local Boards To Ignore Critics
Lansing Jan 1 Brig Gen Le Roy Pearse state selective service director told 1 members of draft and appeal boards in an open letter their task is difficult and thankless yet vital He urged not to fear local criticism that service age men stay at home and reminded deferment grounds exist to balance manpower needs for war industries and armed forces in coordinating civilian and military effort.
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Lansing
Selective Service
le Roy Pearse
High Octane Fuel Won’t Be Required By Cars of Future
Detroit January 14 a research engineer told the Society of Automotive Engineers that high octane fuels will not be needed for post war engines. C B Ye of the co ordinating Research Council New York argued high octane fuels cause excessive combustion pressures making engines costly heavy and noisy. He predicted the public will want lighter smaller engines and noted high octane fuel production uses costly chemicals and reduces oil yield making refiners methods expensive.
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Detroit
Society of Automotive Engineers
C. B. Yea
Veal
Mock Defense of Athens Staged
ANKARA Jan 4 delayed German divisions staged a day long mock defense of Athens as part of maneuvers. Reports say a new Greek defense line runs from Peloponnesus to Athens and along Greece’s eastern coast toward Olympus and Preveza. Smoke screen crews were to guard Aegean islands as alerts sounded. Greek saboteurs reportedly blew up a 5,000 ton German ship in Salamis harbor. Nazis retaliated by executing 30 Greek hostages. The Nazi warning cited sweeping destruction within 26 miles of sabotage sites. About 1,500,000 Greeks are said to have been left homeless since occupation began.
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Ankara
Athens
Greece
Peloponnesus
Olympus Mountain
Preveza
Aegean Sea
Salamis
Congress Battles Over Ballots for Soldiers in Senate Debate
Washington Jan. 14 Congress debates military ballots with Green Lucas bill revisions and Lodge Austin counterproposal. A federal ballot commission, uniform air mail ballots, and service member voting rules divide committees while states extend absentee voting rights for soldiers and sailors in presidential and local races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dan
House Elections Committee
Capitol Hill
Green
D-Ri
Elections Committee
Green-Lucas
Senate
Red Cross
Society of Friends
USO
United
Senators Lodge
Austin
Secretaries of War and Navy
Foremen Walkout Hits DeSoto Plant Disturbance
Two hundred foremen at Chrysler’s DeSoto plant reportedly joined a walkout. The FAA says the strike began Thursday after a supervisor was discharged for allowing loafing, while Chrysler disputes the figure and says only 125 foremen were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Soto
Detroit
Desoto
Chrysler Corp
Foremen’s Association of America
Independent
Chrysler
Robert H. Keys
FAA
Keys
Soviet Guns Hammer Rail Centers In Wide Front Push
Soviet siege guns pounded Mozyr and Kalykovichi rail centers on the Pripet edge as Ro kosovsky's White Russian forces press toward Pinsk. Vatutin's 1st Ukrainian army stormed Tutovichi and Korets while pushing toward Sarny and the Kiev-Warsaw line.
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Moscow
Mozyr
Kallakovichi
Pripet
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Pinsk
Moscow-Warsaw
Nikolai Vatutin
Tutovichi
Lavon
Qdes
Luck
Sarny
Vatutin
Kovel
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Ceryaro
Claude Porter
Santa Fe
Planning Group
Social Welfare
William H. Ruesink
Arthur JL. Alls
Board of Social Welfare
Allis
Board of Supervisors
Hillsdale
Saidor
Padewak
Pacific Ocean
Guinea
Larkar
Bismarck Archipelago
Kiko
Dogad
Morober
Long Island
Weivak
Blissfield Bond
Rokossovsky
Bug River
Avear “Curzon Line
Unis
Ory
Curzon
Poland
Russia
Vinnitsa
Ukrainian Bug
Odessa-Warsaw
Dnieper
Berdichev
Ivan S. Konev
Kirovograd
Katiikovichi
Zimovishche Mosevevka
Mozyr and
Mitra
Dombrovitsa
Sarnz
Korets
Kilikiev
Berezdove
Maidan-Vila
Sheprtovka
Odessa-Varsaw
Neirov
Ellington
N. Z
William C. Burdett
Burdett
Nashville
Tenn
Foreign Service
Mera
Australia
Peter Rabbit
New York
Beatrix Potter
Sawrey
England
Herald-Tribune
Miss Potter
William Heells
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