Yanks Drive Inland From Luzon Battles. Germans Retreat in Belgian Bulge
Allied forces push inland from Luzon beaches as German hold on the Ardennes weakens. U S Third Army advances along a 20 mile front near Bastogne while the 01st Airborne closes to Houtfalze. Seventh Army holds line near Bitche as German counterattacks falter amid heavy snow and cold. Canadian First Army gains near Nijmegen. British actions pace in the west. Separate notes on Budapest, Danube operations, and French civilians evacuated from St Nazaire pockets. Ohio company marks 75th birthday.
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Associated Press
Ardennes Salient
Belgian Bulge
U. S. Third Army
Bastogne
Lite
01St Airborne
Houtfalze
Germany
Bulge
Houtfauzes St. Vith Road
Strasbourg
Rhine
Gambsheim
Bitche
First Army
Wier
Nijmegen
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Laroche
Ile
Cielle
Bastone
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Colmar
St. Nazaire
Lorient
la Rochelle
Bordeaux
Budapest
Danube
Red Army
Pmarom
North Bank Communions
Ymina
Italy
Reno
Lingayen Gulf Landings Bloodless Invasion Near Manila
An American invasion force tens of thousands strong pushed inland toward Manila after a near bloodless landing on Luzon. Japanese coastal guns fell to a three day bombardment as shells collapsed defenses and few obstacles remained. General MacArthur landed with reporters aboard and established a forward HQ while naval and air attacks continued on the convoy.
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Anoweaace
Manila
Phippines
Luzon Island
Lingayen Gulf
Pacific
Aps
Convos
Labor Draft Urged as Imperative by Patterson
Mary Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson told Congress that inductions for the armed forces in the first half of 1945 would total at least 900,300. He urged national service legislation to meet war manpower needs, outlining 800,000 in the armed services and 700,000 for war production and support. Nurses draft proposals were introduced to mobilize registered nurses 18 to 45 for medical duty, with commissions possible for some. The talks also touched on regulating exemptions and continuing voluntary nurse recruitment. The plan aligns with Roosevelt’s push for a comprehensive national service bill.
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Mary
Robert P. Patterson
Congress
Patterson
House Military Committee
Armed Services
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Selective Service
May
D-Ky
Roosevelt
War Department
Malmedy Razed by Allies in Tragic Error
The London News Chronicle reports Malmedy was razed by Allied forces in a tragic error. It notes a slight consolation that Germans also shelled their own troops just south of Malmedy at about the same time.
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Malmedy
Alliers
London News Chronicle
Government imposes flat price ceiling on live cattle
Washington announces a flat ceiling on live cattle to calm opposition. The initial ceiling was 51.00 per hundred weight, lowered to 17.50 by July 2, covering calves and cattle. Subsidy payments for choice cattle, good beef, and stabilization ranges are adjusted by July 2, with increases in some prices and reductions in others.
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Washington
Ied
Vinson
Defense Supplies Corporation
Chicago
OPA
War Food Administration
Supreme Court Upholds Auto Accident Verdict
Ohio Supreme Court refused review of a case from Licking County where fourteen year old Leah Hammond and another guest passenger sued Earl Motz for damages after an automobile crash in Buckeye Lake from Newark. A third girl died when Motz drove at high speed and failed to negotiate a curve despite protests to slow down. Meanwhile Pharis Tire and Rubber Co workers in Newark voted to strike 847 to 66 under the Smith Connally Act, per the National Labor Relations Board reporting wage dispute issues.
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Motz
Buckeye
Ake
Newark
Ohio
Cleveland
Pharis Tire and Rubber Co
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt Faces Critics Over War Aims and Poland
President Roosevelt rejects pledges that bind him to specific aims as allies push for a big three conference. Senator Shipstead challenges the policy, noting concerns over Poland, Finland, and Baltic borders amid reports of looming Russian actions and Greek tensions. Roosevelt defends a flexible approach to policy.
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Lenaers
Roosevelt
Shipstead
R-Minn
Europe
Congress
Germany
Quebec
Teheran
Poland
Russia
Finland
Baltic States
Balkans
Air war clears path for MacArthur strike at Luzon
U S heavy bombers defied icy runways in Western Europe and U S Ninth Air Force Marauders hit a railroad bridge near Landau while Seventh Army positions near Strasbourg faced attacks. In the Pacific, carrier and land-based air power pressed operations toward Lingayen Gulf as MacArthur's forces secured Luzon. Allied air forces claimed to have destroyed or damaged hundreds of Japanese planes and ships, with key raids on Formosa, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Tokyo.
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War Food Administration
London
Malmedy
Oday
U. S
Argets
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Rinnthal
Landau
Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Rhine-Rhone Canal
Neustadt Ad Rastatt
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
America
Japan
Formosa
Luzon
MacArthur
Philippines
Om Saipan
Lingayen Gulf
Navy
Luzon-Formosa - Okinawa
Nimitz
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China
Okinawa
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Tokyo
Honshu
Lingayen Gull
Ryukyu
McCain
Passenger Plane Missing with 24 Aboard in Valley
An American Airlines passenger plane carrying 24 people including crew members was reported missing in the San Fernando Valley early today after fog prevented a landing at the Lockheed Airport terminal in Burbank.
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American Airlines Passnger
Soree
San Fernando Valley
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Temperatures Rise After Brutal Night Across State
Colum bus areas face zero and subzero readings with fuel gas and coal shortages. Natural gas curtailments forced closing of nearly 100 industrial plants and rural schools remained closed. The Cleveland Automobile Club reports stalled motorists at about 1,000 daily. Mrs. Margaret Mills, 76, found unconscious on the Scioto River bank, died of exposure after missing 24 hours. Weather predicted a warmer day ahead.
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Columbus
Unicans
Iveland Automobile Club
Margaret Mills
Belgian Villagers Scramble for Kernels Amid Ashes
A Belgian woman kneels amid the smouldering ruins of a burned barn near Sainlez. She searches the ashes for a few kernels representing her year’s crop as villagers work to salvage what remains.
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Sainlez
Lausche Tours State House in Informal Greeting
Governor Frank Lausche walked through the State House greeting other elected officials in a casual, informal manner, drawing attention from staff and prompting a stir as he breezed past stenographers and chatted with officials outside their offices.
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Olumbus
Frank Lausche
Train hits bus at war plant crossing in Ashland
A Chesapeake and Ohio coal train struck a Blue Ribbon Lines bus at a crossing near a war plant in Ashland killing one passenger and injuring 27. The incident disrupted operations as emergency crews attended the scene. Separately, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, a Communist leader who vanished in June 1937, left an estate of 7614 to her sister Eulalie Poyntz McLelland of Fredericktown.
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Ashland
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal
Blue Ribbon Lines
New York
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
Eulalie Poyntz McLelland
Fredericktown
Japanese Losses Reported in New Allied Strikes
Allied air and naval assaults over Luzon Formosa and the Ryukyus claim heavy Japanese losses including planes and ships. MacArthur and Halsey describe planned landings while warning of possible Japanese reinforcements from Formosa and southern rivers.
Invasion at Leyte Gulf marked by Allied landings
Associated Press notes troops ashore as Japanese defenses frantically respond. A.P. reporter James Hutcheson describes the landing as orderly with large numbers of troops and equipment, while MacArthur signals a tight noose on Japan and a decisive phase in the Philippines campaign. Separate items discuss synthetic fuel expansion and a proposed army agricultural corps as Roosevelt revises 1946 budget priorities.
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Associated Press
Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Spencer Davis
Adm
Thomas Sardment
Kinkaid
Amer
Ike
Leyte
Philippines
Japan
Manila
Lingayen
Sapan
A.P. Core
Mac 1
James Hutcheson
Arthur
Itrol
Southwest Pacific
Luzon
Kana
Washington
Pal
Roosevelt
Congress
Lausche Doubtful on Lowering Voting Age
Governor Lausche questioned proposals to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 as legislators introduced two amendments in the Ohio Senate and House. The bills would fund highway maintenance and welfare programs with a gasoline tax rise while seeking an 18 year old qualification to vote, amid wartime sentiment and a stay of execution on related actions.
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Lausche
Ohio
H. D. Byrne
Ud-Portage
Anna
O'Neil
D-Summit
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State Commission
Cincinnati
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