Russians Press Fronts In Ukraine And White Russia
July 1944 report details First Russian Army advances near Zhitomir and Berdichev, plus gains toward Vitebsk. Vatutin and Bagramian treks credited with towns captured. 6,200 Germans slain. Tedder named Eisenhower deputy. Ortona evacuated as Canadians push, with Yugoslav Partisans claiming German casualties. Hillsboro brief notes Lawrence Williams dies from hunting accident.
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Zhitomir
Berdichev
White Russia
Vitebsk
Vatutin
Bagramian
Berlin
Kiev
Poland
Russia
Germany
Britain
Eisenhower
Europe
Erwin Rommel
Karl von Rundstedt
France
Scot
Egypt
Italy
Arthur Tedder
Eighth Army
Ortona
Fifth Army
Mt. Samucro
Cassino
Rome
Pescara
Marshal Tito
Bosnia
Croatia
Zagreb
Civitavechia
Genoa
Zara
An‘ona-Pescara
Adriatic
Anagni
Scharnhorst
Murmansk
Otto Schniewind
Radio
Algiers
Luetzow
Arctic
Norway
Pravda
Bulgaria
Uruguay
Woman Finds 360 Needles in Old Cushion
Mrs A Young of York Pa cut open an old par ushion hoping to find a needle. She removed 360 needles from the cushion proving one can find what they seek close at hand. Also a private sale ad seeks a gas range cash call 25791. An advertiser from Athens says they now read the Want Ad daily for news after moving there recently.
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A. Young
York
Want Agr
Athens
British May Be Chasing Other Scharnhorst Survivors
Berlin reports German surface units fought a sea battle as the British home fleet sank the Scharnhorst after a convoy bound for Russia was attacked. German destroyers, battleships, and planes were involved. Admiral Schniewind is believed to have perished.
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Scharnhorst
London
Berlin
Royal Navy
Stockholm
Social Democraten
Russia
Otto Schniewind
Daily Express
Invasion Actions at Cape Gloucester and Arawe
The Navy announced losses of an American destroyer and a coastal transport at Cape Gloucester while Marines seized Target Hill and moved inland to secure a second Allied foothold on New Britain. Allied air and naval actions hit Japanese targets across New Guinea, Bougainville, and surrounding ports as Australian forces press the Rivière Front.
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Washington
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Knox
Japan
Key
Southwest Pacific
Arawe
U. S. Sixth Army
New Guinea
Rivier
Gloucester
Rabaul
Umtingalu
Bougainville Island
Empress Augusta Bay
Huon Peninsula
Walingi
Nazi Plane In Ohio Hangar At Wright Field
In a guarded Wright Field hangar a new German JU 88 bomber rests as Army Air Force details a young Nazi pilot who flew it from Roumania toward Cyprus and Syria. Foggy Med reached Cyprus where British Spitfires intercepted him and he answered questions posed by the astonished airmen.
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Dayton
Wright Field
Roumania
Cyprus
Army Air Force
Expect Shift in Makeup of Bolivian Government
Washington reports a possible major change in Bolivia's government with the anticipated arrival of General David Toro, former head of the military purchasing commission in Washington. Toro, who denied leading an abortive counter coup in La Paz, reportedly fled to the Chilean Embassy and arrived in Miami before traveling on.
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Washington
David Toro
Bolivian Military Purchasing Commission
la Paz
Toro
Miami
Mrs Alice Mulrain Dies From Burns In Fire
Mrs Alice Mulrain, 49, died of burns after a cigarette caused a couch fire while she slept on a davenport in Canton. Firemen reported the blaze was started by the cigarette and quickly spread.
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Alice Mulrain
Suspending Pork Rations Urged in West
A congressional group led by Senator Reed proposes a temporary suspension of pork rationing for about ten days to allow households to buy surplus. He criticizes the five point ration as inadequate and says it has midwest backing. Hogs have flooded markets causing embargoes at livestock centers.
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Reed
R-Kan
OPA
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Strict Peace Terms Urged by Smuts in Postwar Plan
In Pretoria Premier Jan Christiaan Smuts urged a tighter covenant than the League of Nations. He proposed the United Nations led by the Big Four as a temporary postwar framework for peace and security. Neutrals could join, defeated powers to wait under guardianship until cured of militant views.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
FUCA
Jan Christiaan Smuts
League of Nations
United Nations
Organization
Smuts
Versailles
McCormick Says He Is Not To Be Candidate
CHICAGO Colonel Robert R. McCormick editor of the Chicago Tribune told Illinois Republican leaders he will not be a presidential candidate in the Illinois preferential primary next spring. Ben Berve, state party chairman, said the query followed petitions circulated by a new committee seeking his name.
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Chicago
Robert R.mccormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Ben Berve
Republican State Central Committee
McCormick
Berve
Republican Nationalist Revival Committee
Frederick W. Konkel Killed by Car in Cleveland
Frederick W. Konkel, 68, died after being struck by a car in Cleveland last night. Police are investigating the fatal pedestrian crash and identifying the vehicle and driver involved.
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Cleveland
Frederick W. Konkel
Current Wave Of Strikes Hit By U S Senator
GRAND RAPIDS Mich. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg says Congress backs early end to the war but home front strikes threaten stability. He warns labor must seek rights through peaceful means and not jeopardize the war materiel flow, while the war outlook remains bright but the journey ahead long.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Congress
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
United States
Vandenberg
Civilian Bean and Pea Supplies Rise in 1944
The 1944 civilian supply will total larger amounts of dry beans and peas. Civilians will receive 11,500,000 bags or half the total dry bean allocation and 29 percent of the dry pea allotment, reflecting wartime distribution priorities.
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Washington
News Men Killed in Cape Gloucester Crash
Brydon Taves and Arthur Raynor, Australian bureau manager and war correspondent, were killed covering the American landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. Ian Morrison of The London Times and Hayden Lennard of ABC were injured in the same incident.
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Melbourne
Brydon Taves
United Press
Arthur Raynor
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Ian Morrison
The
London Times
Hayden Lennard
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Chocolates and photos top gifts with Yanks in Italy
A Christmas survey at an American air base in Italy finds chocolate candy the most appreciated gift among GIs, with photos from home also valued. One man received pork luncheon meat and almonds while another got a $10 money order. overall, the second overseas Christmas was more organized, with turkey and gifts for every soldier, and many hope 1944 parcels reach occupation troops in Japan.
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Italy
Corp
William E. Carter
South Orange
N. J
Newark News
Carter
Montana
Jover
Japan
Steel Strike Ends as WLB Guarantees Retroactive Pay
The War Labor Board guaranteed retroactive pay to striking steel workers, prompting a rapid return to mills. President Murray ordered continued production, ending a walkout that affected about 500,000 workers in nine states and threatened war production. The strike began Christmas Eve with tens of thousands leaving jobs across Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Michigan and other states.
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Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers Union
CSO
War Labor Board
Washington
Ers Inp Oay Companies
Labor Board
Philip Murray
WLB
United States
Roosevelt
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Illinois
New Jersey
Forced To Cut Paper Output
Battle Creek Michigan reports a paper mill reducing production to 67 percent of capacity due to waste paper shortages. The Michigan Carton Co. says November output was 87 percent and October only 1 percent, with imports by carload from the west coast at freight costs higher than the paper value. Marvin Jones warns further cuts and delays in war material supplies if waste paper is not conserved.
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Battle Creek
Mich
West
Marvin Jones
Michigan Carton Co
Jones
More Canned Peaches Promised to Civilians
Washington reports 750000 cases of canned peaches will be released from government stocks to supplement scarce civilian supplies. The War Food Administration said the quantity will reach retail markets within a few weeks, aligning with the period when fresh fruit is in short supply.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Hopkins Says Letter About Willkie Forged
Harry Hopkins states his name was forged in a political dispute involving Wendell Willkie and has asked the FBI to investigate. He calls a letter credited to him predicting Willkie’s 1940 presidential nomination a fake and misattributed.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
FBI
Willkie
Labor Disputes Law Needs Teeth, Smith Says
Representative Smith of Virginia urges revision of the Smith Connally Labor Disputes Act arguing it lacks teeth to punish strikes. He proposes revoking unions' bargaining rights for a year if a strike occurs without the required 30 day notice under the act. He criticizes the law for outlawing strikes without notice yet lacking penalties.
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Washington
Smith
War Labor Board
Special House Committee
Secret weapons boost Navy drive in Pacific
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the fleet uses secret weapons against Japan with over 42 aircraft carriers in operation. He praised Corsair and Hellcat fighters and noted a powerful new dive bomber, likely the Curtiss Helldiver, entering action at Rabaul in May.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Knox
Acton
Rabaul Noy
OPA Restricts Prices of New Whiskey Across Market
The Office of Price Administration moves to restrict prices of new whiskies seen since ceilings set in March 1942. Effective Jan 6, ceilings at the processor level apply to all domestic distilled spirits, with fixed wholesaler and retailer markups intended to roll back consumer prices on certain brands.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Federal judge to name new Southern Ohio marshal
Federal District Judge John H. H. Dreffel was expected to appoint William W. Dufay, 47, as acting United States marshal for the Southern district of Ohio, succeeding the late Charles H. Sisson who died Saturday.
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Cincinnati
Federal District
John HH. Dreffel
William W. Dufay
Southern District of
Ohio
Charles H
Chob) Sisson
FD's Action Is Surprise To Capital
Washington AP report says Roosevelt placed America's entire railroad system under Army control to avert a strike that could disrupt major military offensives now planned. The move marks a sudden government takeover of critical transport amid wartime pressures.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Railroads Under Government Control As Strike Deadline Looms
Nation's railroads operated under government control marking a first day of seizure. Army will possess tracks with troops and trucks ready to run divisions. Wages held in status quo while arbitration proceeds and union leaders accept mediation efforts.
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New York
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference Committee
Roosevelt
Stimson
Somervell
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