U S Forces Land at Saidor and Along New Guinea Coast
Allied landings at Saidor on the northern New Guinea coast open a seaward line toward Truk and Philippine bases. The 32nd Infantry Division struck three beaches with little opposition, securing airfields and harbor. American air and sea forces supported a broad advance toward Madang and Cape Dorset on New Britain. The push threatens Japanese sea lanes as supplies and units rally toward Bougainville and Solomon Islands.
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Saidor
New Guinea
Philippines
32Nd Infantry Division
Comunique
Macrthur
Sixth Army
Adang
Rces
Rond Blucher Point
Finschhafen
Madang
Capencester
New Britain
Truk
Gloucester
Vitiaz Straits
Japan
Caroline Islands
Rabaul
Rber
New Itain
China
Ina
Roose
Cairo
Chungking
Seek Investigation Of Charge That Labor Troubles Aid Axis
Railroad union leaders plan to urge the Truman Committee to probe an anonymous high official who charged labor strife could delay Allied victory in Germany. The official called the disputes a great tragedy harming thousands of Allied lives and aiding Axis propaganda. Union chiefs vowed to uncover the source, deeming the statement cowardly and hatched by the palace guard.
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AXIS
Washington
Truman Committee
Germany
United States
Labor
Union Opposes Timken Seniority Plan for Military Service
Canton The Timken Roller Bearing Co announced a plan to grant all employees on military leave two days of seniority for each day served in the armed forces and Merchant Marine. Union director I W Abel rejected the idea saying members want no special favors and urging continuance of seniority and annual vacation pay during service.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Merchant Marine
William E. Umstattd
Marines
I. W. Abel
Canton-Massillon
Abel
Dairy Subsidy Rates Set for January by WFA
Washington report shows January dairy subsidies set by the War Food Administration. Milk price subsectors gain to 35 cents per hundred pounds, butterfat at five cents per pound, marking a five cent rise for fluid milk in low-rate areas and an uptick from four to five cents on butterfat.
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Washington
Ohio
War Food Administration
WFA
Brazilians Depart for Unspecified War Front
A group of Brazilian Air Force fighters and ground troops flew out today in several transport planes for an overseas war front. They are the first Brazilians to depart for active operations abroad.
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Rio DE J. Neiro
Cincinnati cancels 4 classes due to scarlet fever cases
University of Cincinnati suspends four classes indefinitely after 17 scarlet fever cases are reported among soldiers stationed on campus. The outbreak prompts campus health measures as military personnel are quarantined and monitored.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
FDR May Not Give Message In Person
President Roosevelt, still recovering from a cold that developed into grippe, remains in bed and may be unable to deliver his annual message to Congress in person next week. The decision rests with his physician Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntyre as to whether he can appear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Ross T. McIntyre
McIntyre
Patrick Ginley Dies in Pittsburgh at 75
Patrick Ginley 75 of Vinton County died in Pittsburgh Pa New Year’s night while visiting his son James Ginley He had been ill for a week He is survived by his son and brother Mike Ginley of Columbus His wife Emma predeceased him Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Ebenezer Church near Cregia with burial in the church cemetery
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Patrick Ginley
Vinton County
Pittsburgh
James Ginley
Mr. Ginley
Mike Ginley
Columbus
Emma
Ebenezer Church
Cregia
164 Deer Killed In First One Deer Season
The Division of Conservation and Natural Resources reports 164 bucks killed during the state's first one deer season in about 50 years. The event marks a major milestone in wildlife management and hunting policy.
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Columbus
Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Bricker Signals Ohio Plans to Revamp Postwar Board
Gov. John W. Bricker said a special session to revise soldier voting laws may also overhaul the Ohio postwar planning commission. He noted changes depend on Congress and a possible Supreme Court ruling on the commission’s legality. He stressed voting statute changes would target soldiers only.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Will of Murdered Hog Raiser Is Discovered
Washington Court House reports the 1928 will of Elmer McCoy, a wealthy hog raiser killed with his wife and daughter at their farm on Thanksgiving Eve. The will may alter the estate’s disposition, which previously favored his sister Mrs Laura Collett. Her husband James M Collett has pleaded innocent to first degree murder. trial set for February 14.
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Washington Court House
Elmer McCoy
Laura Collett
James M. Collett
McCoys
Finnish Social Democrats elect Jussi Lonkainen secretary
STOCKHOLM. Finance Minister Vaino Tanner, a leading Finnish political boss, saw his anti Russian candidate fail as Jussi Lonkainen, a newspaper man and member of parliament, won the party general secretary post over M Topi.
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Stockholm
Vaino Tanner
Finland
Social Democrats
Jussi Lonkainen
M. Topi
Fire causes $100000 damage in Middletown blaze
A three hour fire swept a downtown business block in Middletown causing damage unofficially estimated at $100,000. Fire crews battled the flames for hours before bringing the blaze under control. The cause was not specified and no injuries were reported.
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Middletown
Navy Destroyer Sinks After Explosion Near New York
A United States destroyer sank in lower New York Bay after an undetermined explosion. At least 163 survivors were reported, including 108 injured, with 54 at Fort Hancock Army Hospital. No death figure was announced. the ship housed 150 to 300 wartime crew.
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New York
United States
New York Bay
Army Hospital
Fort Hancock
N. J
Sandy Hook
Third Naval District
Rockaway Point
Long Island
New York Harbor
Fort Tilden
Hancock
Coast Guard
New Jersey
Hook
Paterson
Plainfield
Hog Receipts Hit New High At Chicago Markets
After a two day holiday packers faced a record one day hog arrival of 241 100 across twelve markets the War Food Administration reported largest shipments since January 5 1925. Chicago Union stockyards logged 54000 hogs with observers noting counts may top the ten year high of 56798 on January 8.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Chicago Union
Allied Planes Active In Burma War Theater
Allied air forces opened 1944 with a bombardment of Teho Va in French Indo China and raided Japanese HQs in Central Burma. New Delhi reports 13 Japanese planes shot down and several others damaged in a brisk air fight over Southern Burma on December 31.
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Burma
Chungking
Sky Dragons
Claire L. Chennault
14Th
U. S. Airforce
Teho Va
French
Indo- China
New Delhi
Lord Louis Mountbatt
New OPA Pork Bonus For Spare Stamp Holders
The Office of Price Administration granted a new war ration bonus. Spare stamps No 2 and No 4 now redeem for five points of fresh pork and sausage until January 15. Smoked or cured pork remains ineligible. The note also mentions a currency report request from the comptroller of the currency.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Invasion Date Said Moved Up By Nazi Propaganda
Berlin broadcasts claim invasion likely sooner due to political reasons as American and British forces grow in southern England. Observers note rising U S troop presence, including parachute troops, airmen, infantry, artillery, and engineers, in London amid wartime mobilization.
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London
Berlin
England
Moscow
Germany
United States
Solon Indicted For Fraud on War Contracts
Washington report says Representative James M. Curley and six others, including David E. Esmond of Engineers' Group Inc., were indicted on 16 counts for alleged mail fraud connected with government war contracts. The prior indictment in 1943 was set aside due to procedural issues.
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Washington
James M. Curley
D-Mass
Engineers’ Group, Inc
Department of Justice
Curley
Boston
Massachusetts
David E. Esmond
Desmond
District of Columbia Federal Court
Revised Ohio Adoption Law in Effect Today
In Columbus the state adopted a revised law to protect foster children and parents. It requires an interlocutory order six months before a final decree, creating a probation period during which the child has an adopted status except for inheritance rights. Previously a child could be adopted the same day a foster placement occurred.
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Columbus
Ohio
242 Violent Deaths in Nation Over Holidays
The nation awoke to a string of tragedies over the holidays with 242 deaths. In the 54 hours before last midnight, 150 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents and 92 died in fires drownings gas poisonings and other mishaps.
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Associated Press
Bandsmen Injured as Auto Skids and Overturns
In Pittsburgh area three members of Benny Goodman’s orchestra were injured when their car skidded near Crafton and overturned, delaying thousands of workbound motorists. Police reported no fatalities.
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Pittsburgh
Iey
Benny Goodman
Crafton
Steel workers end stoppage at Timken mill
Canton reports CIO United Steel workers at Timken Roller Bearing Co voted last night to end the work stoppage while awaiting War Labor Board actions.
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Canton
CIO
United Steel
Timken Roller Bearing Co.s
War Labor Board
Plane explosion kills 12 on Army Flying Fortress near McClellan
In California near McClellan Field an Army Flying Fortress exploded in storm overcast, killing 12 crewmen. Only survivor is parachutist. Major James H. Wergen of Salinas commanded Yucca gunnery school. In Los Angeles a cargo plane crashed at Mines Field killing three and injuring houses and a power line.
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Sacramento
Calif
McClellan Field
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
James H. Wergen
Salinas
Akron Traffic Paralyzed by Freak Rain Ice Storm
A sudden downpour froze on contact, turning Akron streets to ice and halting morning traffic. Buses stalled and cars crawled at five miles per hour as the temperature hit 32 degrees, leaving thousands of war workers stranded in freezing conditions.
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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 an immediate United Nations council to carry out Moscow pledges. They said the move could trigger a policy showdown that would clarify foreign policy 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 suffered a heavy new bombing as British forces conducted the 100th raid, while Soviet troops advanced toward Poland and Romania. Italian and Yugoslav fronts showed activity with Fifth and Eighth Armies pressing near Cassino and Pescara and Dalmatian islands reported in rumor.
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Berlin
Poland
Rumania
Ukraine
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Germany
France
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Riviera
Terni
Rome
Fire Destroys Part of Harvester War Depot
Fire destroyed about 200 by 200 feet of a warehouse at the Harvester War Depot ten miles southwest of Toledo early today. Lt. R. W. Reynolds said spare automobile parts and other ordnance material were stored there. Cause unknown but possibly an overheated stove.
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Toledo
Harvester War Depot
R. W. Reynolds
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