British Seize Akyab in First Amphibious Burma Drive
British and Indian troops established control of Akyab on the Burmese coast in a multi directional amphibious operation timed with Formosa air raids. Allied forces report heavy enemy losses as Philippine based US aircraft and PT boats sink several Japanese ships and press strikes around Mindoro, Leyte, and Clark Field amid ongoing air and naval battles near Formosa and Luzon.
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Akyab
Long Road
Singapore
Formosa
Radio Tokyo
U.S
Philippine
Luzon Island
Mindoro
Nimitz
Philippines
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Louis Mountbatten
Akyab Island
Burma
MacArthur
U. S
Luzon
Leyte Island
Clark Field
Manila
Tokyo
Japan
Nagoya
Germans Launch Armored Counterattack Near Budapest
Moscow reports German armored thrusts supported by hundreds of planes strike toward the Soviet held corridor northwest of Budapest where Russian forces are holding. The operation aims to break the siege and liberate trapped units as clashes intensify along the front.
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Moscow
Budapest
Mindoro Invasion Expands From Two New Beachheads
The air sea and land war against Japan intensifies from the home islands to the central Philippines. American forces sweep inland on Mindoro from two new beach heads on opposite sides of the island.
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Japan
Philippines
Mindoro
GI Heroes Sleep Amid Bombing in Belgium Shelter
Darkness left a unit without beds in Belgium so Cpl. Curtis Strange of Elton Mississippi and Pfc. Howard O Cook of Coy City Texas slept in an abandoned stone house. Shells fell nearby all night while the house shook from each blast. Daylight showed the place packed with dynamite TNT and hundreds of gallons of gasoline in front of the building.
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Belgium
Cpl
Curtis Strange
Elton, Miss
Pfc
Howard O. Cook
Coy City
Texas
Army Seizure of Ward Properties Defended by Army
The War Department defends seizure of Montgomery Ward properties as lawful and in seven cities. Maj. Gen. Walter W. Byron says operations comply with the law while Ward officials accuse soldiers of cashing checks and distributing unauthorized drafts. A letter from Ward treasurer H L Pearson seeks a solution.
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Chicago
War Department
Montgomery Ward and Company
Walter W. Byron
Byron
H. L. Pearson
Army
Ward
Pearson
Wards
Beef Packers Instructed To Alter Methods
The War Food Administration issued a revised beef set aside order. Beginning Jan. 7 packers under federal inspection must hold 60 percent of beef fit for Army specs from steers and heifers. The remainder goes to civilians. Utilities now 50 percent from steers heifers and cows.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Armed Services
Army
Sixth War Loan Sets Record and Delays Next
A record Yuletide Sixth War Loan far surpassed its $14 billion quota with a grand total of $21.621 billion, 54 percent above target. The surge makes the operation a new world record and suggests the Seventh War Loan won’t open until May or June. Individuals invested about $5.9 billion while still spending heavily on Christmas gifts.
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Washington
Yuletide
Boy Awarded Share Of Money He Found
New York 13 year old Frank Komynski found 13 901 dollars in a junkyard over a year ago. He received 4 400 dollars as his share while the rest was divided among six other claimants. Supreme Court Justice James B. M. McNally approved the compromise settlement.
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New York
Frank Komynski
Supreme Court
James B. M. McNally
Farm Youths To Take Tests
Ohio draft boards to examine deferred farm workers aged 18 through 25 under Washington orders. Boards will reclassify to decide retention on farms or induction into the armed forces, considering urgent military needs and land cultivation. Deferred II C workers will be examined on the next draftee call.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Ohio
Washington
Col. C. W. Goble
Ohio Congressman Bender Seeks Poll Tax Repeal and Local Bills
Washington hears Rep. George Bender and Rep. Thomas Jenkins push a bill to repeal poll tax voting requirements alongside a proposal to name a Washington street for Ohio and to provide federal aid for county industrial rehabilitation. In London, RAF Lancasters raided Nazi positions along the Bay of Biscay near Royan, while Mosquitos attacked Berlin twice.
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Ohio
Washington
House
George Bender
Thomas Jenkins
London
Britain
RAF Heavies
Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
France
Royan
Gironde
Berlin
Draft Boards To Determine Work Transfer
Local selective service boards will decide the urgency of war job transfers for registrants classified 2-A through 2-B and related subcategories. Col. C. W. Goble and E. L. Keenan stated boards will weigh the job’s war impact, with US Employment Service supplying urgency data. Deferred registrants need a referral card before seeking board approval.
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Columbus
State Selective Service
Selective Service Boards
Col. C. W. Goble
E. L. Keenan
State Selective Service and
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Chaplin Jury Fails To Reach Decision
Los Angeles says Joan Berry seeks early new trial in her paternity suit against Charlie Chaplin. A deadlocked jury, 7 to 5 against finding Chaplin as father, was dismissed after failing to reach a verdict.
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Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Joseph Scott
Joan
Carol Ann
Supplies for Italy Held Up by Shipping
Washington officials say despite Anglo American agreement to send more supplies to Italy, it may be weeks or months before the Italian people have more to eat as shipping bottlenecks remain the primary obstacle.
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Washington
Italy
Ohio State Reports Winter Quarter Enrollment Rise
Columbus Ohio State University announced 6 733 students enrolled for the winter quarter opening yesterday up from 5 458 at the start of the quarter last year indicating a notable enrollment increase.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Government Bars ELAS Leaders Talks in Athens
The Creek government refused to hear ELAS leaders today pending compliance with military terms set by Lt. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie. British forces drive ELAS from Athens as Scobie demands the leftists lay down arms and leave the capital.
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Athens
ELAS
New Creek
Ronald M.scobie
Greece
Scobie
Aluminum Shortage Threatens 1945 Production
Dayton reports the Air Technical Service Command warned of an aluminum sheet shortage for the first quarter of 1945. The reduced supply threatens production schedules for the B-29 Superfortress and other aircraft equipment, despite earlier optimism for peace.
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Dayton
Air Technical Service Command
ATSC
Yugoslav Partisans Cut Rail Line Near Graz
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav Partisans crossed the Austrian border and threaten German forces between Klagenfurt and Graz. He said they had disrupted the Maribor Graz railway line in several locations including Wilden, Leibnitz and Ehrenhausen.
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London
Klagenfurt
Graz
Marshal Tito
Tito
Maribor
Wilden
Leibnitz
Ehrenhausen
Bombing totals and European war actions reported
Allied air forces dropped 1.546 million tons on Europe in 1944 with the United States delivering 958000 tons and Britain 588000 tons. In Hungary the Budapest siege continued as German counter offenses and Red Army gains persisted, with tanks damaged and districts of Pest and Buda under heavy fighting.
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London
Europe
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Force
RAF
Education Dictionary Planned for Veterans
The University of Cincinnati announced plans to publish the first dictionary of education for returning servicemen. Dr. Raymond Walters said the work will list and edit information about higher learning institutions, compiled at Cincinnati at the invitation of the American Council on Education, based in Washington.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
American Council of Education
CAPS
Washington
4 F Draft Question Remains Unanswered
Secretary of War Stimson gave no comment on whether 4-Fs will be drafted for war jobs or army service at his news conference. The issue remains unresolved as officials consider exemptions and fit in wartime manpower.
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Washington
Stimson
Fiancé of Ace Bong Returns Briefly. Couple Delays Wedding
Signals off unaware Major Richard I Bong of Poplar Wisconsin would have time to come home from the Philippines. Marge Vattendahl of Superior Wisconsin said his unexpected arrival upset their February marriage plans. They would talk it over before he leaves for an undisclosed assignment.
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Maj
Richard I Bong
Poplar Wis
Philippines
Marge Vattendahl
Superior
Wis
Roosevelt to Discuss Foreign Affairs in Congress Message
President Roosevelt will deliver a comprehensive forecast of foreign affairs in his annual message to Congress. He is not expected to commit to a precise U S policy toward current European issues, aiming to leave room for bargaining with Churchill and Stalin at the upcoming Big Three conference. After early talks, he should better gauge plans for smaller European nations and how American war aims may apply postwar.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Churchill
Stalin
Europe
Columbus Engineer Named State Highway Director
Gov elect Frank J. Lausche appointed Perry T. Ford of Columbus to head the Ohio Department of Highways. Ford, 56, veteran civil engineer, previously led the Columbus divisional office and has led both state and national professional engineer societies.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Perry T. Ford
Columbus
Ohio
Ford
National Societies of Professional Engineers
National conventions banned for rest of 1945
The Offices of War Mobilization and of Defense Transportation plan to ban national conventions for the remainder of 1945, according to a telegram to War Mobilization Director Byrnes from Col. Roane Waring, president of the American Transit Association, offering cooperation.
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New York
War Mobilization
Defense Transportation
American Transit Association
Byrnes
Roane Waring
ATA
Thousands of 4-F Registrants Seek War Industry Jobs
War manpower debate spurs mass applications as 4-Fs and non essential workers rush to munitions and other war plants. Byrnes and congress seek to tighten manpower controls while farm states resist stripping deferments. USES reports thousands of 4-Fs applying. cities like Cleveland Louisville Cincinnati note surges amid shortages and bookmakers join war labor efforts.
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James F. Byrnes
War Manpower Commission
Byrnes
Senate
House
Kilgore
D-Wva
Army
Navy
Arnold
R-Mo
U. S. Employment Service
Cleveland
Louisville
Charleston
West Virginia
Cincinnati
John M. Baker
Montgomery Joins Yanks In Ardennes Push
British Second Army armor and infantry join American forces at the northwestern tip of the Ardennes salient in a renewed push. Allied units coordinate against German defenses in a fresh offensive phase.
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Montgomery
Yanks
New Push
Ardennes
Allied drive broadens northern front in snowbound Ardennes combat
Field Marshal Montgomery leads British and American forces in a major offensive across the northern Ardennes bulge with the Ninth and much of the First Army under his command, Bradley directing the southern wing as Eisenhower shifts control. Allied gains press against German lines amid snow and fog, with counts of armored losses reported and the Bele gium bulge narrowing to about 12 miles.
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Washington
Bernard L. Montgomery
Roosevelt
Bradley
Eisenhower
Marche
Rochefort
Belgium
U. S
Ninth Army
Bulge
Third Army
Berlin
von Rundstedt
Sarreguemines
Saar River
Upper Rhine
Belegium Bulge
Houffalize
Bastogne
Grandmenil
Bois de Tave
Amonines
Laroche
Ardennes Salient
Abrefontaine
Stavelot
U. S. Seventh Army
Germany
France
Bitche
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Sixth Army
Liege
Graumont Woods
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