Russians drive toward Oder as Berlin battles loom
Strong Russian armored vanguards push toward the Oder in the Kustrin area near Berlin amid German reports of crossing barriers. Moscow calls for Nazi surrender to avert catastrophe as both sides claim momentum along a broad front 40 miles from the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Oder
Kustrin
Berlin
Reich
Ehe
East Prussia
Moscow
Zhukov
Belot
Frankfurt
Red Army
Germany
Silesia
Brandenburghof
Kustria
Pomerania
Marshal Zhukov
Stalingrad
Stockholm
River
Vorskischertions
Beobachter
Jintal
Mainglin
Ohio to close approx a0 schools amid storm reports
Reports indicate several Ohio schools will close today with more possible. Director Perry T. Bord cites state highway patrol and division engineers noting some closures followed the Christmas vacation storms.
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Ohio
Pie Highway
Perry T.bord
State Highway Patrol
Coal and railroad line proposal details emerge
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an extension line from Huntington West Virginia to Potomac Yards Alexandria Virginia by Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and associated agencies. The text mentions administration and petroleum aspects.
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Auenest
Ean
Sof
Chesapeake, ‘and Ohio ‘Railroad
Huntington
W. Va
Potomac Yards
Alexandria, Var
Groundhog Shadow Cast Seen by Town Watchers
Groundhog faithful gathered at Gobblers Knob this morning to see if the official weather forecaster would cast a shadow. They claim the shadow was seen, predicting six more weeks of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Pan
Knob
Ang
Hogu
Marine gets death for slaying girl
Washington report says Marine Private Earl McFarland, a Guad al canal veteran, was sentenced to death by a federal district court for the slaying of Dorothy Berrum, 28, near a deserted Potomac River area. The case details describe the assault and strangulation in a Virginia labor area.
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Marine
Washington
Earl McFarland
Guadalcanal
Farland
Dorothy Berrum
Chippewa Falls
Wisto
Potomac River
Invasion Forces Tighten Grip On Manila Front
Forces land along Batangas coast as Sixth Army closes on Manila within 20 miles. Eleventh Airborne Division inches toward the capital. Allied command reports a pincers movement forming around the Philippines. General MacArthur confirms a major operation and ongoing air support near the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wighth
Philippines
Batangas
Sixth Army
Eleventh Airborne
Macarthy Airad Me
Allied and Japanese War News From Pacific Fronts and Home Front Coal Crisis
Reports update on Pacific battles with Sixth Army and Eighth Army advances toward Manila and Bataan, while Prime Minister Churchill plans with the Big Three. Also covering a sharp Ohio coal shortage, government fuel cuts and police gas hoarding actions as states urge conservation and closings to stretch scarce resources.
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Germany
Churchill
Rescue Hero Henry Mucci Led Luzon Mission
Denver’s Col Henry Mucci led a Ranger rescue on Luzon, aided by the Green Mountain Boys. The team slipped 35 miles through Japanese lines to free American prisoners, with Yap killed and the rescued men vanished with the rescuers shortly after.
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Henry. Mucci
Denver
Luzon
Green Mountain Boys
United States outlines proposals on punishment system under UN discussion
The United States government announced it has completed proposals for a punishment system and that these are under discussion with other United Nations. Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew said the measures target offenses against the rules of war and minority groups, while British Parliament remarks by Richard E. Law noted. Separately, Pittsburgh delegates representing 15,000 salaried Westinghouse employees will meet to discuss wage contract negotiations.
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United States
United Nations
Joseph
C. Grew
Richard E. Law
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Ohio Pastors Elect Convention Chairman
In Columbus Dr Lincoln Long pastor of Toledo Collingwood Presbyterian Church was elected chairman of the Ohio Pastors Convention. The body also adopted a resolution urging state control of strip coal mining and a guaranteed reclamation of strip mined lands. Rev Joseph W Cleland of Urbanaville spoke noting Harrison County already faced strip mining or was at risk.
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Columbus
Lincoln Long
Toledo
Collingwood Presbyterian Church
Ohio
Joseph W. Cleland
Ubrichsville
Harrison County
1600 Nurses Needed In European Theater
Lt. Gen. Ida Danielson, chief nurse in the theater, said today that more than 16,000 horses serve there and a minimum increase of 1,600 nurses is needed to ease the burden on nurses. She noted soldiers were getting adequate care, but the added staff would help reduce 17 to 18 hour shifts for nursing personnel.
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Parigw
UPI
Gol
Ida Danielson
Danielson
Four Are Mentioned as Possible Lending Chiefs
Washington reports name sports big candidates for governing the government lending agencies. The Senate voted to keep Wallace from the commerce post while a bill to split lending authority from trade supervision moved forward. Roosevelt signaled he would veto any return of leasing power to the General Loan Agency.
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Washington
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Fred M. Vinson
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Henty J. Kaiser
Wallace
House
Department
Commerce
Barkley
George D-Gat
Roosevelt
Congress
Feneral Loan Agency
Nazis Moving U S Prisoners Amid Russian Advance
The American Red Cross reports Germans are moving U S prisoners on foot from Stalag B-11-B and Stalag 344 to western Reich areas as the Russian advance reshapes prisoner positions. U S has asked Russia for information on any releases but no reports have been received.
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Washington
Reich
Red: Cross
The
International
iGeneva
Tast
United States
Rusier
United States Submarines Sink Ten More Enemies in Far East Waters
United States submarines in the Far East report sinking ten more enemy vessels. Washington dispatch notes continued naval successes as patrols press the offensive in Asian waters.
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Washington
United States
Far Eastern
Jack-Heintz Workers Donate $100,000 to Fight Paralysis
Cleveland firm Jack-Heintz Inc employees contributed 100,102.59 to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. A 50,101.50 check went to the National Treantile Paralysis Fund and the remainder, about 50,000, to Western Reserve University for Dr. Joan A. Toomey’s pediatrics program at the School of Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
FI — Jack &' Heintz Inc
National Treantile Paralysis Fund
Western Reserve University
Joan A.toomey
School of Medicine
German Siegfried Line collapses as Allied forces advance
Allied forces smashed Siegfried Line positions while the First Army pushed 16 miles east of Malmedy and the Third Army neared Prum. Colmar pocket fighters faced air strikes, and Breisach rail bridge came under heavy fire as the French Third Army closed in. In Italy, several German hamlets fell and numerous pillboxes were captured. Resistance weakened, sparking reports of a sporadic, last-ditch defense.
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Siegfried Line
Westwall
The
Reich
Malmedy
Prum
Colmar
Breisach
Rhine
Italy
Combat Casualties Rise to 737 348 in War Losses
United States combat casualties since Pearl Harbor near three quarters of a million with Army losses at 650 420. Navy figure 34 922 brings total combat casualties to 737 348, up 95 592 from last week. Army 30 counted for 8 489 of the rise.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Army
Tatent Navy
Soviet Push Toward Berlin Faces Stiffening German Defense
Red Army columns deepen advance along the Eastern Front toward Berlin with reports of heavy traffic and airstrikes clogging roads toward the Oder. Moscow says enemy counterattacks are being repelled as Zhukov masss forces behind tank spearheads. In Pomerania Schneidemuhl encircled and Steinau reports breach on the Oder west bank. More than 5,000 Germans killed and 4,417 captured in yesterday’s drive toward Berlin.
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Zhukov
Frankfurt-on-Oder
Austria
Moscow
Germany
Red Army
Oder
Berlin
Paul Goebbels
Pomerania
Schneidemuhl
Land
Torun
Steinau
Breslau
Zhustov
Commodity Credit Corporation urged as permanent stabilizer
Marvin Jones told the House Banking committee yesterday he favors making the Commodity Credit Corporation a permanent stabilizer of farm prices. The hearing addressed expanding the agency’s borrowing power from three to five billion dollars and continuing wartime price support programs. Meanwhile in Cleveland non essential businesses ordered to close during the coal emergency may pay employees their regular wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Jones
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Cleveland
Regional War Labor Board
Liberated Yanks Want Trip Home Then Another Crack at Japanese
The report details American and Allied prisoners rescued by a hand of fighters in the Philippines. Prisoners express desire to return home, recover health, and then resume fighting Japan. Accounts recall harsh conditions in Bataan and Corregidor, rice diets, guards threatening escape, and attempts to lure captives.
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MacArthur
First Cavalry
Manila
Luzon
Leyte
Superfort
India
Singapore Naval Base
Philippines
Formosa
China
Japan
Tokyo
Luzon Island
Jin
Franses
Arthur Feltman
Blue
Wacker
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Groundhog
Cr. Potter
Madrid
la Linea
Gibraltar
Bat
Westter Churchill
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Masi Wan
Angat
Malolos
Bataan
War’ ‘Production Board
District of Columbia
Frank J. Lausche
Springfield
Sheref Leroy
U. S
Stilwell Road
Burma
Kunming
Chine
Chiang Kajeenek
Slilwell Road
Joseph Streell
Insel
Robert Fredrock
Lakeweed
U. S.S. Army
Burma Road Engineers
Jack-Heintz
Supreme Headquarters
Woippen
Harold
Reach
Calif
Vars
Stat
Janis
Ciaran Gandhla
Tne Fralthi
Santnon
Jolly
Ran Francise Vie Ragaran
Wwe
Enouch
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