Yanks Halt German Drives as Ohio Storm Halts War Effort
Thousands idle in Ohio war plants as a historic blizzard tightens fuel and clean water shortages. Milk, gas, coal, and bread deliveries are disrupted. gas supplies fall by up to 75 percent in Cincinnati. factories cut output and workers idle across the region. Rescue squads aid stranded motorists while schools close for weather safety. Ready to help London, Dr Juan Negrin vows to aid in toppling Franco and restoring a tolerant republic in Spain.
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German and U S Navy discharges held on espionage charge
Erich Gimpel and William Curtis Oepaugh, a German citizen and a Connecticut native, were arrested by the FBI after landing by submarine on the Maine coast a month ago. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says they trained as Nazi agents in spy schools on a mission of espionage and sabotage.
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Allied Air Power Strikes Nazi and Japanese Centers
Allied air forces conducted large scale strikes on Nazi targets in Western Germany and Belgium including rail yards bridges and tank concentrations. Separate campaigns hit Japanese industrial cities Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu with 1948 campaign opened and Manila Clark Field targeted in the Philippines as bomber fleets flexed reach.
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Lausche Veto Plan To Hike Ohio State Payrolls
Ohio Legislature rushes to approve a 2.95 million dollar bonus for state employees with a 20 percent pay raise backdated to July 1 1944. Governor Bricker supports the measure while Governor elect Lausche opposes it citing taxpayer cost and argues raises should be limited to 30 percent. Lausche estimates 1945 and 1946 costs at 11.6 million. In Washington Byrnes urges drafting farm workers ages 18 through 25 to support war needs, stating agriculture can be sustained by older workers and that delays could force calls on higher age groups.
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Army Tightens Grasp On Mail Order Stores
The army tightened control of federally seized Montgomery Ward properties in Chicago. Army officials moved to gain full authority to operate the large mail order facilities, ousting 11 company officials who had resisted cooperation since the military takeover last Thursday.
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Towa Senator Selected For Federal Position
Senator from Towa, Guy M ilette, ended his term today as President Renee nominated him to the Surplus Property Board. Robert Hurley and Lt. Col. Edward Heller have been confirmed by the Senate. Gillette’s nomination faces hurdles from a law barring legislator appointments to new agencies.
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Nelsonville Mender Missing Since December 19
Nelsonville reports Pvt Carlyle R Mender son of Earl and Mrs Earl Mender 415 Poplar St Nelsonville with the Sixth Army in Europe is listed as missing in action by the War Department. The message says Mender had been overseas a year and was last heard from December 19.
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Americans Catch Glimpse of St Vith Battle Heroism and Atrocities
Veterans describe nine captured supply train guards executed by a German SS officer near St Vith. Nine prisoners faced a line and were shot in the back. one man feigned death and crawled away. Maj. Cothran and Maj. Norfleet recount how their armored unit, by itself, fought three German divisions for 36 hours before relief.
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Work-or-Fight Plan Clears Congress In Wartime Context
President Roosevelt signals support for work-or-fight legislation as Congress prepares to act. The House and Senate convene for swearing in ceremonies as the era of wartime mobilization continues. Byrnes urges broader government control over draftees deemed unfit by the Army.
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Nazis Are Induced To Spend Night in Prison
SANDUSKY, Ohio. German prisoners of war from Camp Perry refused to leave a county jail after being reassigned there when roads to the camp were blocked. Deputies aided by MP officers kept them in custody overnight and faced a second night in the Erle county jail.
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Greek veteran politician aims to form all party government
Tiras, a veteran Greek soldier and politician, announced today the formation of a new all party government to end the bitter civil strife. Athens echoed with artillery fire as British forces replied to ELAS shelling by left wing fighters.
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Family is forced to flee burning home in Orbisto loss
Mr and Mrs Sa and their year old nephew fled their burning Orbisto home last night. The house was destroyed leaving clothing and household furnishings damaged. The family will remain displaced until they find new residence.
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Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey Dies in Belgium Air Crash
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey aged 62, Allied naval commander famed for Dunkirk rescue of 385,000 British and French troops and for commanding naval phases of the western invasion under General Isenhower. NEA Telephoto.
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Nazi Offensive Slowed In Western Front Since Dec 16
Allied lines from Saarbrucken to the Rhine slowed German pushes as U.S. Third and Seventh Army troops halted advances in nearly a dozen sectors. Berlin claimed 110000 American casualties in the Saar basins with heavy fighting near Bitche and the Blies River. German reports spoke of withdrawals and limited offensives with minimal artillery use.
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FDR Predicts Germans List Yank Losses in Peace Era
President Roosevelt envisions postwar cooperation with Allies while warning differences may persist. Reports from the battlefield note German movements near Saarland and Palatinate as Allied forces push toward the Bastogne region. Official counts cite American losses in the Belgian Luxembourg bulge with 24,000 prisoners taken and heavy equipment losses.
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Jassie links to Lindbergh case dies in Bronx home
New York broker Jonns known as Jassie who delivered $50,000 ransom in the Lindbergh kidnapping died of pneumonia at his Bronx home. The death coinced with the tenth anniversary of Hauptmann trial opening. Columbus liquor department begins 1945 stock plan with $2,000,000 value, director Don Fisher announces.
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Fighting and siege reshape Budapest amid World War II
Dispatches report intense combat around Budapest with German forces controlling much of Buda and Pest. Casualty estimates range up to 10 000 dead and 30 000 wounded for the Germans, with enemy garrisons possibly 75 000 to 100 000 Germans and up to 30 000 Hungarians. Soviet and Allied reports describe fierce artillery duels and German attempts to break out in Budapest while Russians press other fronts toward Alfonsine and the Ravenna Ferrara road. The State Banking Department announces a report on bank conditions as of December 30.
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New Congress Eager to Aid War Veterans
At the 79th Congress opening session, about 500 measures were filed in the House. Proposals ranged from veterans claims and damages to overhauling government procedure and broader aid for veterans appeared predominant.
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Danish Patriots Blow Up Copenhagen Plant
Stockholm dispatch reports Um-Eighty patrols detonated a factory in Copenhagen that produced image and other components for the Germ in V-2 weapon. The attack killed one factory guard and wounded others.
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Icebreaker Mackinaw Pioneers Winter Lake Shipping
Four Maritime Commission cargo ships will travel this week from Duluth to Chicago aided by the icebreaker Mackinaw worth ten million dollars. The voyage aims to set a new late winter shipping record as the Mackinaw clears a ten foot ice channel on the Marys River during trial runs.
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Taft Objects to Beef Price Ceiling Proposal
Senator Robert A Taft criticizes proposals to place ceiling prices on cattle urging a review by Economics Stabilizer Fred Vinson before any action. He argues the ex should not be encouraged to boost beef production and seeks careful study of the issue.
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Remembers Kind of Food Yanks Enjoy in London Ups
Sgt Cyrus Ainsworth 25 of Grossback Tex recalls meeting an old German soldier still in service. The German asks about meals in today’s American army and Ainsworth replies they are better than in the last war. The German says it’s a good time to surrender again and notes he was captured in World War I with the AEF.
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