U.S. Forces Land at Three Points On Northern New Guinea
American landings at Saidor on the north coast of New Guinea advance the Allied push toward the Philippines. The 32nd Infantry Division hit three beaches at dawn with little opposition and seized the airfield, while Sixth Army troops moved toward the hinterland reducing Japanese positions along the Vitiaz Straits and near Madang.
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U.S
New Guinea
Saidor
Philippines
32Nd Infantry
MacArthur
Sixth Army
Satehe
Blucher Point
Finschhafen
Ramu
Madang
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Truk
Seek investigation of charge that labor troubles aid axis
Railroad union leaders plan to ask the Truman Committee to probe an anonymous high official statement alleging labor disputes delayed victory over Germany. The official called the turmoil a great tragedy and said it could cost thousands of Allied lives. Union leaders say they will pursue the source and responsibility for the remark through Congress.
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AXIS
Washington
Truman Committee
Germany
United States
Labor
Union Opposes Timken Seniority Plan for Military Leave
Timken Roller Bearing Co announces a plan granting service members on military leave two extra days of seniority for each day in the armed forces. Union director I W Abel says the union will not agree and demands continued seniority accrual and annual vacation pay for workers on military leave.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Merchant Marine
William E. Umstattd
Navy
Marines
I. W. Abel
Canton-Massillon
Abel
Dairy subsidy rates set for January milk and butterfat
Washington reports January dairy subsidy rates from the War Food Administration. Fluid milk subsidies rise to 35 cents per hundred pounds in areas previously at 30 cents, and butterfat minimums increase from four to five cents.
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Washington
Ohio
War Food Administration
WFA
Brazilians Depart for Unspecified War Front
A group of Brazilian Air Force fighter pilots and ground troops left Rio de Janeiro by multiple transport planes for an unspecified war front. They are the first Brazilians to depart for active operations abroad.
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RIO DE J. Neiro
Scarlet Fever Closes Cincinnati University Classes Indefinitely
University of Cincinnati canceled all classes indefinitely amid 17 scarlet fever cases among weddress stationed at the school.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
FDR May Not Deliver Message In Person
President Roosevelt remains in bed with a cold that developed into grippe and may be unable to deliver the annual message to Congress in person next week. The decision rests with his physician Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntyre after a day without fever but weakened strength. No appointments were made today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Ross T. McIntyre
McIntyre
Patrick Ginley Dies in Pittsburgh Hospital
Patrick Ginley 75 of Vinton County died in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania New Year’s night while visiting his son James Ginley. He had been ill in the hospital for one week. Survived by son and brother Mike Ginley of Columbus. Wife Emma died three years ago. Funeral Tuesday at two in Ebenezer Church near Creola with burial in church cemetery.
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Patrick Ginley
Vinton County
Pittsburgh
James Ginley
Hunters kill 164 deer in first open season in decades
The state division of conservation and natural resources reports that hunters killed 164 deer during the first open deer season in about 50 years, marking a historic wildlife management milestone for Columbus area.
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Columbus
Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Bricker Sees Ohio Postwar Board Revamp T: Bricker Sees Ohio Postwar Board Revamp
Gov. Bricker said a special session to revise soldier voting laws may also overhaul the Ohio postwar planning commission. He indicated changes would target voting statutes for service members only if the Supreme Court finds the panel valid or invalid. He noted possible legislative adjustments if needed. He added some hoped to extend voting hours for war workers.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Will of Murdered Hog Raiser Is Discovered
Washington Court House reports the discovery of a 1928 will by Elmer McCoy, a wealthy hog raiser shot with his wife and daughter on Thanksgiving Eve. The will potentially redirects about $100,000 to his sister Mrs Laura Collett if valid. Her husband James M Collett pleads innocent to first degree murder. trial set for Feb. 14.
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Washington Court House
Elmer McCoy
Laura Collett
James M. Collett
McCoys
Social Democrat elects Finn secretary over anti Russian rival
In Stockholm Vaino Tanner Finland's finance minister saw his general secretary candidate defeated as Jussi Lonkainen, a journalist and parliament member, won the party post over M. Topi who was noted for strong anti Russian stance.
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Stockholm
Vaino Tanner
Finland
Social Democrats
Jussi Lonkainen
M. Topi
Fire Causes $100,000 Loss in Middletown
A downtown Middletown fire lasting about three hours caused estimated damage of $100,000 to a business block. No injuries were reported. Fire crews investigated the cause.
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Middletown
Navy Destroyer Sunk After Explosion Near Sandy Hook
A U S Navy destroyer sank in lower New York Bay after a blast at 6 18 am. There were at least 163 known survivors with 108 injured and 54 treated at Fort Hancock hospital. No loss figures announced.
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New York
United States
New York Bay
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
N. J
Third Naval District
Ruivors
Rockaway Point
Long Island
New York Harbor
Fort
Hog Receipts Hit New High at Chicago Markets
After a two day holiday packers faced record hog arrivals in a single day. At twelve markets shipments topped previous records since January 5 1925 with 241 100 hogs. Chicago Union stockyards reported 54 000 hogs and observers noted the final tally may exceed ten year highs.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Chicago Union
Allied Planes Active In Burma War Theater
Allied air forces in the China Burma India theater began 1944 with a bombardment of Teho Va in French Indo China and strikes on Japanese HQs, barracks, and communications in Central Burma. In Southern Burma the next day air combat over Dee added to the tally with 13 Japanese planes shot down and several others damaged or destroyed. Admiral Mountbatten announced the action from New Delhi.
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Burma
Chungking
Sky Dragons
Claire L. Chennault
14Th
U. S. Airforce
Teho Va
French
Indo- China
New Delhi
Dee
Lord Louis Mountbatte
Pork-Eaters Get New OPA Pork Bonus
The Office of Price Administration announced a new war ration bonus for pork and sausage. Spare stamps No. 2 and No. 4 are valid for five points of fresh pork and sausage until January 15. Smoked or cured pork remains excluded.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Banks to file year end condition reports
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Friday December 31 1943.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Invasion Date Moved Up Says Nazi Propaganda
Berlin propaganda outlets claim invasion plans may advance earlier than military logic due to political factors. Reports note Moscow’s dissatisfaction with Italian front forces and cite growing American and British troop presence in southern England, plus intensified air and shipping activity.
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London
Berlin
England
Moscow
Germany
United States
Solon Indicted For Fraud On War Contracts
Federal grand jury here charges Representative James M. Curley of Massachusetts and six others in a 16 count mail fraud case. David E. Esmond named as new defendant. alleged breach tied to Engineers Group war contracts brokerage racket. Indictment follows prior charges from 1943 reset due to technical grand jury signing issues.
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Washington
James M. Curley
D-Mass
Engineers’ Group, Inc
Department of Justice
Curley
Boston
Massachusetts
David E. Esmond
Engineers’ Group
Desmond
District of Columbia Federal Court
Revised Ohio Adoption Law Takes Effect Today
In Columbus a revised Ohio adoption law providing added protections for foster children and parents became effective today after legislative action on September 26. The measure requires an interlocutory order issued six months before a final decree, creating a probation period where the child has adopted status but with limited inheritance rights. Under prior law a child could be placed in a foster home and adopted the same day.
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Columbus
Ohio
242 Violent Deaths in Nation Over Holidays
The nation woke to a grim New Year with at least 242 violent deaths over the holiday period. In the 54 hours before midnight 150 were killed in motor vehicle crashes and 92 deaths occurred in fires drownings gas poisonings and other mishaps.
Bandsmen Injured as Auto Skids and Overturns
Icy highways in the Pittsburgh area caused a fatal accident and slowed thousands of commuters. Three members of Benny Goodman’s orchestra were injured when their car skidded near Crafton and overturned.
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Pittsburgh
Benny Goodman
Crafton
Timken Steel Mill Walkout Ends After Votes
About 400 CIO United Steel workers at the Timken Roller Bearing Co steel mill voted last night to end a four day stoppage pending action by the War Labor Board.
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Canton
CIO
United Steel
Timken Roller Bearing Co
War Labor Board
Plane explosion kills 13 near McClellan Field
A massive blast shattered the sky over Sacramento as an Army Flying Fortress crashed near McClellan Field killing 13 crewmen. Only parachutist survivor is Major James H. Wergen, commander at Yucca gunnery school. A separate Mines Field crash in Los Angeles kills three more aboard a cargo plane.
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Sacramento
Calif
McClellan Field
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
James H. Wergen
Salinas
Akron Weather Freeze Paralyzes Morning Traffic
A sudden rainstorm froze on contact, creating an ice glaze that halted Akron traffic at the morning rush. Buses stopped, autos moved slowly, and thousands of war workers were stranded in freezing conditions as the temperature fell to 32 degrees.
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Akron
Akron Weather Bureau
Urge Formation of United Nations Council
Senators Hatch and Ball urged the state department to submit to Congress an outline for immediate creation of a United Nations council to implement postwar pledges from Moscow. They said the move could force a foreign policy showdown that would clarify the issue during the presidential campaign.
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Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
Ball
R-Minn
State Department
Congress
United Nations Council
Nazi Capital Hit by 100th Raid of War
Berlin endured a heavy air raid as British bombers struck at around 3 a.m., part of the tenth massive attack since Nov. 18, while Soviet advances pushed toward prewar Poland and toward Romania. Allied forces in Italy and Yugoslavia pressed operations as German lines fractured in Ukraine and White Russia.
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Poland
Rumania
Ukraine
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Germany
France
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Riviera
Terni
Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Russia
Nevel
Red Army
Latvia
Baltic
Pyaski
Kiev- Warsaw
Kiev
Korosten
Berdichev
Radio Moscow
Marshal von Mannstein
Kurt Zeitzler
Alfred Jodi
Hitler
Vatutin
Zhmerinka
Bessarabia
Bug River
Fire Destroys Part of Harvester War Depot
Fire destroyed about 200 feet by 200 feet of a warehouse at the Harvester War Depot ten miles southwest of Toledo. Lt. R W Reynolds said the building stored spare auto parts and ordnance material. Cause unknown but may have resulted from an overheated stove.
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Toledo
Harvester War Depot
R. W. Reynolds
The
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