Germans Shorten Line in Belgium Ardennes Bulge Gains Reported
Allied reporting across the Ardennes notes German forces withdrawing to shorten their line as American and British units push on three fronts. US Third Army advances near Bastogne seize Harlange, Villers and La Bonneeau while Saarfront actions yield progress near Saarbrucken and Strasbourg. The First Army reports large prisoner captures and German crossings halted as air and ground actions continue.
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Associated Press
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Hotels Overcharges and Robbery Charges Highlight Toledo Report
In Toledo Mrs. Kitty Kelly was jailed on a $15,000 bond after pleading innocent to stealing $100,225 of Home Owners Loan Corporation bonds from a Los Angeles bank. Accomplice John Aloysious O'Boyle, 50, held in Chicago on a similar charge. Hearing set for Jan 17. O'Boyle’s bond $20,000. A separate federal filing accuses Neil House and Deshler-Wallick Hotel of rent regulation violations for overcharges totaling $16,517.43.
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Kitty Kelly
Lucas County
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Bank of America
Los Angeles
John Aloysious O'Boyle
Chicago
Price Administration
Neil House
Deshler-Wallick
Loss of Ten Navy Vessels In Pacific Combat
The Navy reports the loss of ten ships in Western Pacific operations after a severe typhoon. Hull and Monaghan each carried about 150 men, Spence about 220. Survivors include commanding officers and dozens of crew members. next of kin for Hull and Monaghan casualties have been notified. Details on the small craft losses remain unavailable.
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Spence
Monaighan
Monaghan
Navy
Belmont County Clerk Takes Oath in England
Cpl How ard Dunfee of Shadyside registered as a statistician at an American hospital in England and took the oath of office today as clerk of the Belmont County Ohio court. Duntee, 37, has held the post since 1983 and was reelected last November.
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Belmont County
England
Howard Dunfee
Shadyside
Ohio
Duntee
Ohio Draft Calls Up 50 Percent Across Nation
The War Department memorandum notes a surge in draft calls by 50 percent, pressuring manpower for Southeast Asia operations and the upper Burma front. Credits mention the Manpower needs at the Japanese bastion, with units from the Channel of Mandalay and NEADS cited, amid broader production and logistics strains.
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Mandalay
Fuel Crisis Acute Heat Ceiling Set
Washington press report: War mobilizer Byrnes urges homes and public buildings to hold at 68 degrees to conserve coal amid imminent fuel shortage. Plan includes banning coal-fired outdoor lighting, trimming trains, curbing hot houses, and reducing energy use across sectors.
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Washington
James F. Byres
War Pro
Byrnes
Officense Transportation
Elim
ODT
Secretary of the Interior
Tekes
Mississippi River
Germans From Norway Defend Line in Italy
German prisoners say troops from Norway’s 710th Division and the 278th Division were defending the Reno River line in the Adriatic sector under orders from Hitler. Eighth Army counterattacks on the Reno south bank and near the Senio exposed manpower strain as many captives and dead were found behind a Todt labor corps unit.
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Norway
Italy
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Deadeff
TODT
Dems Oppose Debate On Postwar Policing Plan
The article reports Democrats opposing an immediate international policing agreement for postwar Germany. A White House conference was expected to discuss the proposal. Senator Connally of the Foreign Relations Committee called moving on this issue impracticable.
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Renforms
Germany
White House
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Senate Foreign Re‘tions
Ohio Flier To Receive Busy Medal
A New Lebanon pilot failed to answer yesterday when his name was called during the presentation of medals to pilots of the 22nd Tactical Air Command. King arrived as the ceremony ended and explained he had been busy destroying a German fuel dump north of Milan.
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Mame Muri
Esse Aell
New Lebanon
Esterday
Tactical_ Air Command
Milan
Steer production for 1944 breaks records nationwide
The 1944 steer production, reported by the American Iron and Steel Institute, totaled 9 552 961 tons, surpassing all previous yearly records for the fifth consecutive year. Production in 1943 stood at 8 813 sixth? 8 813 36? 36 tonnes, with the document noting a significant rise.
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American Tront and Steel Institute
Struggle for Hungary in Final Stage
Moscow reports the battle for Budapest in its final stage as German forces push to seize the capital before Soviet westward advance slices through Danube defenses. Red Star notes mass Hungarian surrenders, shattered units, and APJ German casualties while Soviets claim suburbs and shipyards under control.
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Moscow
Hungary
Budapest
Danube
Red Star
Komarom
Red Army
Artilly
War Official Says Lt Lumsden Killed in Pacific Air Attack
The Isruisu war edifice reports Lt Sen Sir Herbert Lumsden was killed January 6 by a Japanese air strike aboard an American warship in the Pacific. Appointed by Prime Minister Churchill as special representative to General MacArthur’s headquarters in November 1943, Lumsden presumably died during the Luzon invasion as Japanese planes heavily attacked the American convoy.
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ONDON
Sen
Herbert Lumsden
Yen
America
Pacific
Lumsden
Churchill
MacArthurs
Luzon Island
Philippines
Poll experts criticize sampling in 1944 election
A group of poll experts hired by the House committee on campaign expenditures said the Democratic vote was underestimated in about two thirds of states and that the understatements were unlikely due to chance. They cited inadequate sampling methods in the 1944 election.
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House Committee
British ELAS Chiefs Agree on Cease Fire Terms Near Athens
In Athens Lt. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie announced broad agreement on cease fire terms. Conferences opened yesterday as sporadic fighting continued several miles from the capital.
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ELAS
Athens
Ronald M. Scoble
Invasion of Luzon Aids by Seventh Fleet Officers
U S Seventh Fleet led by Vice Admiral Daniel Barbey and Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid supported the Luzon invasion with amphibious operations as ships entered Lingayen Gulf near San Fabian during World War II.
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U.S. Sevenen Ree
Thomas Kinkaid
Daniel E. Barbey
San Fabian
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Luzon
Luzon Beach Extended to Twenty Two Miles Invasion Push
American Sixth Army reports a 22 mile wide beachhead at Lingayen Gulf as troops spearhead toward Manila. Japanese counterattacks forecast. B 29s strike Singapore and Malay Peninsula targets. US air power bombs bridges near Calumpit. Japanese efforts concentrated at sea and rear guard ashore. Massive invasion armada transports vast quantities of armor and supplies toward Luzon.
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Manila
Philippines
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Lingayen Gulf
Tokyo
India
Japan
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Pening Sula
Kiler
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Kles
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Associated Press
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U.S
Lingayen
Pangasinan
San Fabian
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Dagupan
Port Susi
Leyte
Sataan
Spencer Davis
Adm
Thomas Ginkald
Pacific
Lausche Opposes Tax Cuts Despite State Surplus
New governor Lausche refuses any tax reductions amid a 95 million dollar surplus and warns alterations to state revenue would be unwise. He signals focus on the surplus in his forthcoming message to the legislature and rejects Bricker’s sales tax cut proposal on restaurant foods.
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En Lausche
Lausche
Netherlands Troops Trial On Hijacking Supplies
A second group of five enlisted men from the Netherlands Tale may Operating Battalion faced U S General Court Martial in Paris Up A. They were charged with hijacking supply trains and selling arms and other material to enemies. Ten sentences were handed down, involving 183 defendants and two officers.
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Paris
Talemay
Iis
U. S
Tley
Former Perry Countian Named Aide to Lausche
Columbus reports that Frank J. Lausche named Mell G. Underwood Jr a former Pett y County prosecutor and son of the district judge as executive secretary at 4800 dollars a year. Underwood is 28 and will serve in the Lausche administration in Columbus.
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Lausche Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Mell G. Underwood, Jr
Underwood
Petty County
Industry Asked To Repeat 1944 Arms Drive Amid Draft Strains
Industry officials told the House Military Committee that 1945 arms production must match 1944 output while freeing 200,000 to 250,000 more young men for rising draft calls. Col Francis V. Keesling Jr outlined a plan to draft 80,000 for the Army and 32,000 for the Navy in early 1945 with further draws through spring and summer to reach 900,000 additional service volunteers.
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House
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
National Selective’ Service Headquarters
Keesling
Navy
Army
Youngstown
A. E. McCully
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