Allied advances ring New Britain as Pacific battles rage
Allied forces push toward Arawe and Rabaul on New Britain with air and sea assaults. American units seize ground near Umtingalu and Cape Merkus while pressuring enemy positions on Bougainville and throughout the Solomons. Japanese losses and dwindling airfield capabilities accompany a tightening Pacific squeeze.
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Associated Press
New Britain
U. S
Tokyo Radio
Gilberts
Kenjiaki
New Guinea
Vitiaz Strait
Newa
Bougain
Solomons
South Pacific
Rabaul Harbor
Allied Chiefs Gather For Invasion Planning In London And Washington
Allied military leaders including Admiral Stark and General Brooke head for critical invasion talks in Washington and London as high level circles prepare for a major Allied assault on Hitler’s Europe. German commanders reportedly map counter invasion defenses along the Atlantic wall.
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London
Harold R. Stark
U. S
Washington
Hitler
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Brazzaville
Henri Giraud
Andre Lemmonier
Philippe Marie Auboyneau
Paris
Atlantic Wall
Congress Lays Up Big Issues During Recess
The 78th Congress, torn by home front battles, takes a recess over holidays. Returning January 10, lawmakers will confront inflation issues including a plan to outlaw food subsidies, a railroad workers pay raise, and a 35-cent crude oil price rise. The food subsidy decision was postponed until February 17.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Price Administration
Meigs County Farmer Dies at Cherry Ridge
POMEROY Ohio Meigs County farmer Linton D Metcalf 85 died Sunday at his Cherry Bridge home Funeral services set for Wednesday at Hemlock Grove Church at ten AM slow time Friends may visit Finsterwald Funeral Home until the hour of the service He is survived by two daughters Mary D Ross and Ethel at home and a brother in Oklahoma
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Pomeroy
Linton D. Metcalf
Meigs County
Cherry Bridge
Hemlock Grove
Finsterwald
Bolivia Coup Overthrows Penranda Regime in War Era
In Bolivia the pro Allied government under President Enrique Penranda was toppled today by the National Revolutionary movement. Penranda, an anti Nazi leader who steered Bolivia to a wartime alliance, had visited the U S and met with President Roosevelt. He claimed Bolivia would send troops to aid the Allies when required.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Penranda
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
United States
Penranda
America
Roosevelt
Detroit
Wright Honored At Dayton Doctor of Engineering Degree
Orville Wright, co inventor of the airplane, received an honorary doctor of engineering degree at the University of Dayton during the 34th commencement yesterday.
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Wright
Dayton
Orville Wright
University of Dayton
Ohio Old Age Pensioners Reduced by War Jobs
Columbus report shows Ohio pension rolls fell from 138,402 to 130,323 as war work drew eligible seniors from aid. Despite the drop, 1943 pension payments hit a record 44,149,005 dollars with an average monthly payment of 27.45. Backlog shrank to 3,222. pensioners averaged 74 years old.
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Ohio
Columbus
Karl R. Babb
State Division of Aid For
Babb
Allied Air Fleet Bombs German Industry From West and South
American and Royal bombers struck Northwest Germany in daylight, targeting Uboat bases and shipyards near the North Sea. The raid followed Mediterranean strikes on Innsbruck and Augsburg, with heavy losses reported among attackers. Innsbruck rail yards were hit amid broader Italian and Adriatic targets.
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Yank
West
London
Germany
Innsbruck
Augsburg
Munich
Brenner Pass
Hitler
North Sea
Algiers
Italy
Terni
Adriatic
Civitavecchia
Rome
Pasman Island
Channel
Russians Hang War Criminals For Atrocities
Four defendants including Gestapo officers and a Russian Gestapo chauffeur were executed in Kharkov after a Ukrainian front military tribunal convicted them of mass executions. The hangings were reported by Moscow radio to a crowd of about 40 000. Each defendant claimed he acted under orders.
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London
Kharkov
Moscow
Fourth
Ukranian Front
Wilhem Langheld
Gestapo
Hans Ritz
Storm
Richard Ratzlaw
Mikhail Bulanov
Civilian Steel Supply May Be Raised Shortly
Cleveland dispatch reports the magazine Steel notes rumors of relaxing restrictions on civilian steel manufacture. It says little has been done beyond freight cars, agricultural implements and some heating devices. Continued easing is seen in the steel market due to shifting military programs and the year end.
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Cleveland
Steel
Blue collie Blue dies in action in South Pacific
Donald P Stevens of Chicago hangs up a gold star flag to honor Blue, his pedigreed collie donated to the Army K nine corps last year. The War Department notified that Blue died in action in the South Pacific.
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Donald P Stevens
Chicago
Blue
Army
War Department
Donald
South Pacific
Wolfe Family Tragedy Claims Youth in Delaware Crash
Delaware report details a fatal automobile overturning south of the city killing 19 year old Robert Frederick Wolfe II, son of the Ohio State Journal publisher Edgar T Wolfe, while injuring his brother James R Leech 19 of Pasadena and companion Doris C Fort notes the car skid on crushed stone, overturned, and pinned Wolfe. Edgar Thurston Wolfe Jr aged 17 expected to recover.
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Delaware
Robert Frederick Wolfe II
Ohio State Journal
Edgar T Wolfe
Ohio Wesleyan University
Edgar Thurston Wolfe
James R. Leech
Pasadena
Calif
Doris C. Fort
Marion
Robert Wolfe
Commuters Delayed by Unique Rail Accident
Philadelphia report details a runaway horse that fell between railroad ties on a Reading Railroad trestle delaying hundreds of morning commuters. Eleven passenger trains halted, passengers boarded buses and trolleys as they joked about the incident and awaited further transport guidance.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Perry Countian Dies While Fighting Fire
Frank Kollefrath 63 dies after being burned while trying to extinguish a grass fire on a Junction City farm near New Lexington. He died at the scene with authorities noting the fire start and emergency response.
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Perry Countian
New Lexington
Frank Kollefrath
Junction City
Rail Workers About To Get More Grants
Washington AP reports concessions to railroad workers beyond wage increases are explored to avert a threatened nationwide strike starting Dec 30. A mediation conference adjourned without a final agreement, with talks resuming and a large executive group joining. Proposals include paid vacations, more liberal overtime, and layover expenses estimated over $500 yearly per worker. The War Labor Board previously suggested a 4 to 5 percent rise, while a minority backed 7 to 7 1/2 percent. workers had sought 30 percent or $3.00 daily. Precedent exists for nonwage concessions under the Little Steel Formula, echoed by past WLB actions like vacation pay and travel-time compensation in the coal case.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vition
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
White House
Vinson
Little Steel
Brotherhoods
War Labor Board
WLB
Pacific Airmen Killed In West Coast Crash
A four engined Army bomber returning airmen home for Christmas crashed on a foggy hillside near Hamilton Field California. At least nine airmen died and a small dog perished aboard. Identification of the dead awaits notification of next of kin.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Pacific
Freezes To Death Near Pickens Elkins West Virginia
The froz en body of Daniel Halderman, 32, of Route 2 Dover Ohio, was found near Pickens West Virginia.
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Elkins
W. Va
Daniel Halderman
Dover
Pickens
British Rail Lines Said To Be Jammed With Troops
London papers report U S troops pouring into Britain on nonstop transports while railways prioritize movement of troops and supplies for a second front. Berlin says Rommel inspecting defenses as invasion command potential shifts among generals. Russians push from Vitebsk toward Polotsk, with 20,000 dead and 500 towns captured, possibly lifting the siege of Leningrad.
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London
U. S
Atlantic
The
People
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Great Britain
United Nations
Hitler
London Daily Mail
Railway Executive Committee
Daily Mail
Berlin
Erwin .Rommel
Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Kherson
Dnieper
Black Sea
Odessa
Rumania
White Russia
First
Vitebsk
Polotsk
East Prussia
Leningrad
Allied advances widen Italy battle as San Pietro falls
Fifth Army reports gains toward San Vittore and on routes to Cassino after three days of fierce fighting near San Pietro. Eighth Army tanks overrun a position along the Adriatic coast, Consalvi captured, near Orsogna. German losses include 43 tanks since Sangro fighting, 50 parachutists captured, and heavy air strikes target Augsburg and Innsbruck while Broz’s partisans push Germans back in Yugoslavia. In Naples 5,000 citizens demand King Vittorio Emanuele’s abdication. in Sicily 16 youths are arrested as Fascist saboteurs. Russian response to Kherson withdrawal remains unconfirmed.
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Mark W. Clark
Fifth
San Pietro
San Vittore
Cassino
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Consalvi
Orsogna
Montgomery
Sangro River
Fifth Army
Venafro
90Th
Alps
Germany
Augsburg
Munich
Innsbruck
Brenner Pass
Marshal Broz
Yugoslavia
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Sicily
Kherson
Canada Slashes Newsprint Quotas for US Demand
Ottawa reports the Prices Board set new production and supply limits on Canadian newsprint, shrinking shipments to the United States by 10,000 tons from the current 210,000 tons monthly while boosting overseas market allocations. The spokesman confirmed the reduction and outlined broader supply realignments.
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Ottawa
Canadian Prices Board
United States
Burton for Air Force To Force World Peace
Senator Burton advocates a world police air force dedicated to peace. He proposes stations worldwide run by the combined chiefs of staff of the United Nations, to enforce postwar stability. The plan was presented during a Federal Club meeting in Washington.
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Washington
Burton
Ohio
Federal Club
Chiefs of Staff
The
United Nations
Food Rationing Plan Cuts Inequalities for Eating Places
The Office of Price Administration announces a nationwide rationing program for commercial and institutional eateries starting March 1. It shifts to separate counts for food served and refreshments bought, with food servings only in ration calculations. Proprietors must keep distinct records and report December 1942 figures by January 15, and receive a two week reserve supply February 15 to 29.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Liquor Black Market Found
U S Alcohol tax unit investigators will seek indictments in Cincinnati Dayton and Columbus against black market operations in whiskey. Investigator Joseph D Leeson said evidence shows violations of OPA price limits and internal revenue laws and the Federal Alcohol administration act. The first case will go before a federal grand jury in Cincinnati Thursday with subpoenas issued for witnesses.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Alcohol Tax Unit
Dayton
Columbus
Joseph D. Leeson
Alcohol Tax Unit
Southern Ohio
Leeson
U. S
Calvin Crawford
Crawford
Father-Draft Law Declared Of No Value
Selective service officials say the new father-draft law delays pre-war fathers and mirrors long established practice. Authorities note most provisions have been done before, and Congress aimed to place pre Pearl Harbor fathers low on the draft list while removing the draft from war manpower control.
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Washington
Selective Service
Administration of
War Manpower Commission
Monthly tax for bobbed hair in Japanese occupied Shansi
The notice states a 33 cent monthly tax on Chinese women with bobbed hair in Japanese-occupied Northern Shansi China. It references a prior ad noting a black key case returned to its owner and mentions use of want ads to raise cash. A driver’s license issued to Bill Diles last Sunday is also noted with a contact number provided.
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Shansi
China
Messenger
Bill Diles
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