Second Convoy of 150 U.S. Ships Sighted Off Lingayen Gulf
Tokyo Radio reported a second American invasion convoy of about 150 transports joined the Lingayen Gulf assault on Luzon as U S carrier planes and B 29s hit the Formosa Ryukyu reinforcement line. Reports varied with Japanese propaganda claiming mixed outcomes and distant ships aflame near Manila during MacArthur operations to isolate Japanese reinforcements.
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Tokyo Radio
U.S
Lingayen Gulf
Wliated
Luzon Island
Japan
Formosa-Ryukyu Island
Philippines
Tokyo
Lingayen
Domei
U. S
Marianas
New Guinea
Mac-Arthur
Luzon
Leyte Island
Masaharu Homma
Roosevelt Sends 1946 Budget Yet To Forecast War Costs
President Roosevelt asked Congress for an 83 billion dollar 1946 budget with a possible 10 billion swing up or down based on war needs. He cited ordinary expenses trimmed to 3.266 billion, rising veterans benefits interest on debt and refunds as large items, and urged swift approval of Bretton Woods agreements for the IMF and IBRD.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Germany
Japan
Bretton Woods
International Monetary Fund
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
N. H
Body of Woman Found Slain in Canton Boxcar
Canton detectives report the body of a woman believed slain and assaulted was found in a boxcar on a railroad siding near downtown Canton early today. Police investigate as a criminal death.
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Canton
tPi
Norman van Almen
Thre Dealer Is Sentenced Thre Dealer Is Sentenced
Carl Davis, 67, of Parkersburg West Virginia, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen automobile tires and was sentenced to an indeterminate term in Ohio Penitentiary. An Office of Price Administration affidavit in Columbus accuses him of dealing in rationed commodities. Davis was arrested after youths reported a Delaware firehouse theft. He pleaded innocent at arraignment, then changed to guilty. secretly indicted in November.
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Delaware
Carl Davis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
Columbus
Davis
H. Lloyd Jones
Common Pleas
Fred R. Wickham
Greek Leftists in Thebes Face British Occupation
British troops occupy Thebes, the ELAS guerrilla base near Athens, as Greek leftists retreat toward the city. Athens prints say warrants issued for about 150 rebel leaders and three senior police officers are in custody. Four Cincinnati men die in a head-on crash with a streetcar near Winthrop Place. Gov Lausche announces Brig. Gen. Donald F. Pancoast to remain adjutant general of Ohio temporarily.
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ELAS
Thebes
Cincinnati
Winton Place
Pancoast
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Donald F. Pancoast
Ohio
Nazis Escape Road to Reich Diminished in Ardennes Push
Allied forces pushed through the Belgian Bulge with tanks and infantry advancing toward Laroche and against German withdrawals. Snow hindered movement as the front narrowed to a corridor under ten miles, while Red Army units neared Komarom and Vienna.
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Associated Press
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Laroche
Marche
Marshal Montgomery
Strasbourg
Rhine
Bitche
U. S
Ninth
Second Army
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Komarom
Budapest
Marshal Malinovsky
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Belgium
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The
Reich
Sixth
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Republican Legislature Backs Lausche Cooperation in Ohio
In Columbus the newly elected Democratic Governor Frank Lausche vows cooperation with the Republican led legislature. He says he will not pursue mass removals of state workers and will rely on cabinet advice to judge which non civil service staff should stay. Bricker aides have found new jobs elsewhere and his staff departed with him.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Lausche
Cleveland
Anti Nazi Signs in Germany Rising Amid Subversive Activity
Reports from Bern indicate growing anti Nazi sentiment inside Germany. Communists push to overthrow the regime while some workers, driven by food shortages, engage in subversive acts. Underground groups form around slave labor networks and foreign workers reportedly hide in forests near Frankfurt am Main. Unverified December reports allege disturbances at Krupp with workers and engineers arrested and six executed.
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BERN
Germany
Reich
Comrmunice
Hitler
Frankfurt Am Main
Krupp
Lausche Urges Public Works But Not Private-Job Substitute
Ohio elected Frank J. Lausche as the 55th governor, pledging public works as a wartime to peacetime bridge yet warning that government jobs cannot replace private employment. He argued for efficient government run like a business and for essential state construction deferred by wartime shortages.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Ohio
Lausche
Reds Studying U S Plan for Civilian Goods
Washington reports Soviet study of an American lend lease proposal to finance long range civilian and military goods for Russia. Moscow has considered the plan for months, with no clear acceptance or rejection. Officials say the funded amount would be a small portion of munitions sent under lend lease as Russia sought vast supplies for the year beginning last July.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Foreign Economic Administration
Gallia Man Elected By Ohio Clothiers
Ben E. La Master of Canton was elected president of the Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association Morris Haskins of Gallipolis was named vice president and Louis Bamberger of St. Marys secretary measurer.
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Columbus
Ben E. LaMaster
Canton
Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association
Morris Haskins
Gallipolis
Louis Bamberger
St. Marys
Toll in Clipper Crash Mounts
Miami report details the Pan-American Clipper crash at Port of Spain Trinidad killing at least eight and leaving 14 missing. Of 29 aboard 17 passengers and 12 crew, only seven survivors found. Described as dark landing with little chance for more finds as divers work to raise the craft.
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Miami
Fla
Port of Spain
Trinidad
FD's Request For Funds Is All Time High
Washington reports a record request to Congress for aid to farmers and food purchases for lend lease and overseas relief. The total seeks 4.227 billion dollars, surpassing prior single-session requests and including 2.227 billion for food buys farm payments loans and War Food Administration expenses. A pending CCC borrowing-power increase of 2 billion adds to total needs. The piece notes projected costs and wartime funding pressures through July 1.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Department
Commodity Crest Corporation
CCC
14th Air Force Readiness to Support China Coast Landings
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault announced that despite lost airfields in Eastern China the 14th Air Force is in many ways prepared to support a landing on the China Coast by American troops. He said pilots wiped out about one third of Japanese air power in China last month and that results per plane place his air force among the most destructive in the world. Dayton reports six people burned, one fatally, in a fire that swept a rooming house. two women were injured leaping from upstairs windows.
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Kunming
Claire L. Chennault
China
Chennault
Dayton
Dames
Formosa Strike Continues Amid Pacific Air Attacks
Pacific communique reports ongoing Formosa strike with carrier pilots over Okinawa Ishigaki and Miyako Jima. Japanese claims of 11 US raiders shot, Superforts hitting Formosa and Tokyo, while US transports and carriers move toward Luzon as MacArthur plans potential Lingayen Gulf landings.
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Formosa
Philippines
Ryukyus
Japan
Okinawa
Ishigaki
Miyako Jima
China
Saipan
Tokyo
Imperial
140 Jap Planes Destroyed In 48 Hours Over Luzon
Navy and Marine planes from Vice Admiral McCain's fast carrier force joined Army bombers and fighters to blast airfields on both sides of Manila, downing at least 140 Japanese planes. Nipponese ships fled toward the China Sea as a blockade formed against reinforcements from Formosa. AP war correspondent Rembert James reported from McCain's flagship that two days of operations left only 41 enemy aircraft.
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Luzon
McCain
Manila
Ping
China Sea
Formosa
Associated Press
Rembert James
Flood Control Funds Shrink Amid War Losses and Rebuilds
The report notes sharply limited flood control funds as wartime actions continue. Allied air and naval operations yield heavy Japanese losses, with 19 fighters shot down and 86 damaged, while ships and bases face bombardment around Clark Field Manila and surrounding areas. Washington outlines a 1946 budget with 90.65 million proposed for flood control and harbor work, up from 87.95 million this year.
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James
MacArthur
Clark Field
Manila
Batangas
Mindoro
Marinduque
Luzon
Solomons
New Britain
New Guinea
Philippines
Washington
de Roosevelt
Nippon
Another Cold Wave Is Reported Over State
Columbus reports a new cold wave with temperatures near zero to 15 above across Ohio. Warmer weather is forecast for tomorrow as gas shortages recurred, cutting gas to eight major Toledo plants and halting gas to Wright Field laboratories near Dayton.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Wright Field
Dayton
Massillon Plant Leased by Fuse Firm
Hovyder Co., leading all purpose fuse maker, will lease the former Fort Pitt Bridge Works at Massillon as part of a program to expand shell and mortar fuse production by 65 percent. The Massillon operation will augment national supply of fuses and integrate with existing facilities.
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Canton
Hovyver Co
Fort Pict
Massillon
War Job Applications Break All Records at Ohio Employment Offices
Ohio employment offices report record wartime job demand with over 2,000 applicants in Cleveland and Columbus each day. Officials note many men 4-F or over age sought work, with women scarce, and warn draft cards be carried and 1944 referral documents expire January 4.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Perry Ellsworth
Associated Press
James F. Craine
Craine
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