Center of Broad Invasion Front Aimed Toward Berlin
Soviet columns slashed into Germany from Poland aimed at Berlin as Zhukov’s center leads a broad invasion arc. Wehrmacht defenses falter along the Oder as Breslau and Danzig pressure mounts. Berlin reporters note Frankurt on the Oder as a near-term objective amid heavy street fighting and observed bridgehead setbacks.
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Berlin
Germany
Poland
Zhukov
Breslau
Danzig
Schneidemeuehl
Poznan
Obra
Frankfurt
Oder
Doughboys Push Toward Siegfried Line in Snowbound Advance
Allied forces under Eisenhower drive through deep snow northeast of St Vith toward the Siegfried Line. U S and French troops reach near Colmar on the Colmar canal while the Third Army reaches the Our River frontier with Germany. Troops along a wide arc from Holland to the Saar bend the lines as snow hinders progress.
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Paris
First Army
St. Vith
Germany
Siegfried Line
Our River
U. S. Ninth
Roet
Ruhr
Brineland
Saarbrucken
Eisenhower
Holland
Saarland
Ardennes Bute
Seventh Army
Alsace
Colmar
Strasbourg
Col Mar
Withii
Rhine
Third Army
Geirse S Patton
Luxembourg
Wiltz
Heavy Allied Bombers Hit Western Germany Yards and Tank Factories
On January 29, 1150 American heavy bombers with 700 fighters attacked six rail yards and a tank factory in western Germany. Targets included Co blenz Hamm Munster and Kassel with rail yards and a tank plant. RAF also struck Berlin and Stuttgart as weather cleared, disrupting German rail traffic after a four day pause.
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London
Germany
Coblenz
Hamm
Munster
Kassel
Berlin
Stuttgart
Ruhr
Reich
RAF
Truman attends Tom Pendergast funeral in Kansas City
Vice President Truman arrived at Kansas City airport with police escort and attended the funeral services for Thomas J. Pendergast. The services began at Visitation Catholic Church after a stop at the airport that morning.
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Truman
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Mo Jaen
Harry S. Truman
Tacon
Us&s Senate
Visitation Catholic Church
Philadelphia
Revenue Office Helps With Income Tax Returns This Week
The Office of Internal Revenue offers assistance this week. Ralph Kenniston, chief of the field office, says a full crew of eight deputies will be on hand until next Saturday. Taxpayers should bring Form W-2 as deputies cannot prepare returns without it.
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Office of Internal Revenue
Ralph Kenniston
Aaronson Named Potter County Health Officer
Dr. Sam J. Aaronson was appointed county health officer by Potter County commissioners in regular session and will assume duties February 1, succeeding Dr. W. B. Thomas. Aaronson, a former Army Medical Corps major, will receive a 3600 dollar yearly salary. The board reappointed Dr. B. M. Puckett and Dr. Guy M Owens, added Harry Daily to the Potter County Hospital Board, and approved two year terms. The panel voted 35.30 to cover St Anthony's Hospital share for a newborn found abandoned in an alley. County Judge E. O Northcutt presided.
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Sam J. Aaronson
Potter County
W. B. Thomas
Army Medical Corps
Dr. Thomas
B. M. Puckett
Guy M Owens
Potter County Hospital Board
Harry Daily
Byrnes Travels Abroad Prompting Security Silence
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes is out of the country. Officials provided no details on his trip citing security restrictions.
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Jimmy Byrnes
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Dives for Nearest Hole on Leyte Beach
A GI diving into a beach foxhole during an air raid on Leyte happened to land in a brand-new outdoor plumbing excavation about 12 feet deep. He shouted for help but was unharmed.
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Leyte
Philippines
News Tip Contest Won By Mrs. L B Martin
Mrs. L B Martin of 824 Sunset wins the 5 prize for News Tip reporting the birth of triplets at Northwest Texas Hospital. Second prize goes to M B Edquist of 511 West Eighth for a tip about Amarulo fire. Additional tips cited from numerous residents and local addresses.
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L.B. Martin
L. B. Martin
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarulo
M. B. Edquist
West Eighth
Cassie Atherton
Hayden
Japanese Submarines Claim West Coast Attacks
A Tokyo radio broadcast reported by the FCC said Japanese submarines penetrated the U S west coast and sank three transports and an oil tanker. It claimed the losses may include a Liberty ship sunk near Hawaii, with survivors machine gunned, as bases on Wake and the Marshalls remained distant.
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United States
Ben
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
Wake Island
Marshalls Archipelago
Might Be Chosen As Loan Man
Washington scholars report Stabilization Director Fred Vinson as Roosevelt’s probable pick for federal loan chief if Henry Wallace loses the secretary of commerce post. The plan would place lending agencies under a new federal loan administrator, with Wallace’s confirmation for cabinet and commerce duties in flux amid expected opposition.
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Washington
Capitol
Fred Vinson
Roosevelt
Senate
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Vinson
Jesse Jones
Coyote Sightings Stir Town In Quick Chase
A string of rapid coyote sightings rattled residents as the animal darted through town between 10 28 and 10 35 AM. Mrs Ed McKechnie reported from 1102 South Arthur, then H F Reed near Third and Buchanan almost was struck, and Dan Thornberry saw the animal near Cal Farley Service Station. The animal vanished westward.
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Ed McKechnie
South
Arthur
H. F Reed
Taylor
Third
Buchanan
Dan Thornberry
Box 411
Cal Farley
Fillmore
Surcouf Sub Destroyed After Collision With U S Vessel
Ottawa dispatch reports the Surcouf the world largest submarine at 2880 tons was rammed and sunk by an American ship while on North Atlantic convoy duty near Halifax. It cites unnamed sources and notes no official confirmation. The loss would leave 125 crewmen dead or missing.
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Montreal
United States
Ottawa Dispatch
Montreal Standard
Halifax
Californian Is Leading Ace in European Theater
U S fighter base England January 29 Captain Ray S West of California has bagged 23 German planes and leads American aces in the European theater. He surpassed Colonel Dave Schilling who had 34 Nazi planes before being taken off operations. Grand jury in Potter County met four days last week without indictments and resumed deliberations this morning with new cases. Lumber ads note John Maynard Lumber Co at 800 W Sth.
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U. S
England
Ray S. Westmore
Kerman
Cal
Dave Schilling
Traverse City
Mich
Schilling
Potter County
Grand Jury
District Attorney's Office
Weather summary Amarillo and vicinity and surrounding regions
Cloudy and colder tonight with clearing early Tuesday. Low around 15. Tuesday fair and cold. West Texas partly cloudy, colder tonight with lows 15 to 30 across Panhandle and South Plains. Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. New Mexico fair today, snow flurries in northern mountains late tonight and Tuesday, with zero to 20 low temperatures in the north to 35–45 highs in the east. Observed high 36, low 23, noon 33. Shaw Walker filing cabinets. Russell Stationery Company.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Refugee Flight and German Radio Commentary Report
The Brussels report notes SS fire on demonstrators opposing Volkssturm deployment, with no independent confirmation. Nazi commentator Rudolph Semmler describes mass German flight westward amid chaos, praising the scale yet condemning disorganization and harsh conditions. Allied broadcasts urge surrender, while Paris radio cites a Swedish diplomat on the futility of continuing the war.
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Leipzig
Brussels
Rudolph Semmler
Home Service
Reich
Semmler
Paris
Hitler
Hopkins Information Tour Aims at Postwar Europe Shape
Harry L. Hopkins visited London and Paris meeting Churchill and De Gaulle before going to Rome to see Pope Pius XII in an information tour for President Roosevelt. His European tour signals how postwar political discussions may influence the upcoming Big Three conference.
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London
Harry L. Hopkins
Paris
Churchill
General de Gaulle
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Hopkins
Europe
Roosevelt
Stalin
Germany
Russian officers attend Paris opera in surprise visit
Six Russian officers entered the Paris opera house and took seats to surprise patrons who whispered about their presence. The moment drew attention as the group settled in the audience during the performance.
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Paris
U.P
Roosevelt Stetmus believed en route to Rome for Big Three talks
Zurich dispatch notes persistent rumor that President Roosevelt and Secretary Stetmus travel to Europe with a large staff for a Big Three conference, reportedly set before February 1 and likely to be held in Rome.
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Zurich
Bassler Nachrichten
Roosevelt
Edward Stetmus
Europe
Rome
License Tag Sales Delayed Until Mid February
Potter County residents must wait until February 15 to buy license tags as receipts arrive late. Clerks in the tax assessor office will insert five loan entries per receipt book, and only one plate will be issued per vehicle this year, with no plates before March 1 and purchase deadline set for April.
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Potter County
Cepeniy
Frank Hoyt
Cole Sector
Allied truck convoy reaches Kunming on Ledo Burma road
More than 100 Allied vehicles rolled into Kunming as the first convoy to traverse the Ledo Burma road. The 900 mile overland supply route from India was hailed by Chiang Kai-shek as an omen of defeat for Japan's warlords. A three year effort culminated with ceremonies in Wanting and Chungking. Chiang proposed naming the road for General Stilwell, a suggestion endorsed by U.S. ambassador Hurley.
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China
Kunming
India
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Wanting
Burma
Chungking
Chiang
United States
Joseph H. Stilwell
Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Stilwell
Three US columns push toward Manila amid Luzon battle
Three tank led American columns press toward Manila with Southern Sixth Army driving on Manila and Bataan while Rosario falls on Luzon. 40th Division patrols near Manila, San Fernando and Angeles see light resistance as Iwo Jima air raids continue and Tokyo air defense claims 22 shot down.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
San Fernando
Manila
Iwo Island
Tokyo
Sixth Army
Bataan
Rosario
Luzon
Baguio
Philippines
Mexico
40Th
Arayat
Angeles
San
Iwo Jima
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United Press
Moscow
Silesia
Vistula
Bay of Danzig
Chelmno
Bydgoszcz
Grudziadz
East Prussia
Baltic
Preussich Holland
Elbing
Stockholm
Halle
Baltic Sea
Stolpe
Butow
Konigsberg
Reissberg
Marienburg
Insterburg
Wehlau
Tczewe
Osterode
Greifswald
Anklam
Eberswalde
Schivelbein
Wangerin E
Neustettin
Dramburg
D. Krone
Stettin
Ees Ispandau Berlin
Kustrin
Furstenwalde
Sluckenwalde
Ejuterbog Gubene
Storgard Schneidemuhl
Arnswalde
Driesen Landsberg
Rothenburg
Wittenberg Cottbus Spremberg
SORAU
Oels
Reus
Obornikil
Opalenica
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Starogard
Leszno
Srem
Gostyn
Krotoszyn
Ysteinau
Torgau Kamenz Meissen
N. Bautzen Aa
Dresden
Gorlitz A
Glogau
Bunzlau
Liegnitz
Waldenburg
Oppeln
Neustadt
Czechoslovakia
Prague
KOLIN
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Kalisz
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Zgierx
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Krakow
Allenstein
Rastenburg
Ortelsburg
Jannenberg
Omlawa
Splonsk
Warsaw
Totzeen
Prage
Miles
Frankfort
Upper
Gerli
West Wall
Ardennes
Sian
Esterdas
Til
Gr Eisenhowers
Revenue Office
Aaronson
George Wilkinson
Dalhart
Nita Carter
West Seventeenth
Jack Tower
A Harrison
Ocle Davis
Pierce
Virgil Reager
East Seventh
Mae Dickerson
Barbara
Jean Haynes
North Garfield
Kenneth Connell
Tyler
Anna Beth Parker
North Cleveland
Ruth Bemis
Louisiana
Jimmy Wise
North Polk
Alice Joyce Holley
Carolina
Vivian Jackson
West Third
Travis Blankenship
Lamar
Eddie Gilvin
South Buchanan
Ralph Dykeman
Maverick Club
Carrence DeWitt
Monroe
R. R. Lennington
J. L. Nichols
Lincoln
L. Quinn
Alabama
J. R. Nicholas
North Lincoln
C. R. Compton
Harrison
H. S. Best
W. S. Hastings
C. E. Bush
Virgil Strimple
West Sixth
Morris Barnwell
Blanche Dickson
Inited
PA Toko
Central Pacific
FCC
Coyote
John Maynard Lbr. Co
U.S Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Shaw-Walker
Russell Stationery Company
Parley
Ngkmu, Gan
Fernando
Saizon
Indo-China
Neey-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
BA. Regal Co
W. J. Morris
Insurance
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