Three Russian Armies Drive on Manila Near Tarlac
Allied columns push toward Manila with Tarlac captured, artillery and air strikes widening the Luzon battlefront. U S Sixth Army advances toward Clark Field as amphibious forces seize Philippine and Burma islands. Third Fleet herds Formosa targets while Japan admits strain.
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Tarlac
Manila
U. S. Sixth Army
Luzon Island
Philippines
Burma
Rangoon
Singapore
Tokyo
Honolulu
U. S. Third Fleet
Formosa
China
Wake Island
Kuriles
Bonins
Osaka
Japan
Kawasaki Aircraft
Tarl
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Clark Field
Victoria
la Paz
Manila- Baguio
MacArthur
Rosario
U. S
Aparri Valley
Tuguegaro
Ponson and
Poro Islands
Camotes Group
Leyte Island
Leyte
Ramree
Burma-China
Kuniaki Koiso
Link Slaying Suspect With Second Murder
Cincinnati police say Frank Ort er a 25 year old seaman charged with murder in the Norwood officer slaying in July 1942 will be questioned about the Covington liquor store killing of Thomas Conroy on New Year s Day Chief Fritz cites a wife s claim that Carter confessed the New Orleans night of the Overberg slaying is connected
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Cincinnati
Frank Orter
Seaman Charg
Norwood
Thomas Conroy
Covington
Charles Itz
Fritz
Carter
Seabee Recovers From Disease in Hospital
William Henry Giles 45 year old Seabee metal smith first class in the Navy rests in a hospital in Oakland California recovering from a skin disease contracted during his 14 years service in the South Pacific. World War I veteran Giles has sons currently serving in the armed forces.
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Oakland
Calif
P — Armer Steubenville
William Henry Giles
South
Ifi
Giles
Signs of Rising Hysteria Seen on Nazi Broadcasts
London reports unmistakable signs of hysteria inside the Reich as German broadcasts warned of Soviet advances. Russian armies moved through Silesia toward Berlin, with a fast express train covering the distance in about six hours.
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London
Reich
Silesia
Fast Express
Berlin
Russians Press U S Break With Franco Regime
Cincinnati report notes a Moscow directed propaganda push inside the United States to force a break in relations with Franco’s Spain. Judge Druffel warns of Communist threats and urges strong Americanism to protect servicemen. Meanwhile Berlin fears a Russian offensive threatens Berlin as Eastern Germany panics with refugees from Danzig Poznan and Warthegau. Production at American Fork and Hoe Co returns to normal.
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Cincinnati
United States
U. S
John H. Druffel
Moscow
Druffel
Knights of Columbus
America
Berlin
Poznan
Poland
Belin
Stockholm
Fuehrer
Germany
Danzig
Warthegau
American Fork and Hoe Co
Hero Returns From War to Family and Fame in Gallipolis
Staff Sergeant William Fraley arrived home after over two years overseas and speaks little of combat, focusing on his 18 month old son Bill Jr. His wife Dorothy Raub and baby stay with her parents in Pom ero. Fraley bears two silver clusters and five wounds, and expects to be rid of crutches within two months. A banquet in New York honored him and another hero as a brigadier general presented the double silver cluster.
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Gallipolis
William
Bill) Fraley
Ohio
Fraley
Bill
Bill, Jr
New York Central
Kananga
Dorothy Raub
Pomeroy
Ugh
New York
Boston
Gneral
U. S. Army
Doughboys Aid Stork In Belgian Village
Two red faced doughboys from the 84th Infantry Division rushed to a farmhouse behind the Belgian lines after a crying voice called in the cold night. They found an expectant mother in need of a doctor, returned with a local physician, and at 11 p.m. a baby was born amid artillery fire. Schaeffer praised leaving his foxhole for the doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
84Th Infantry
Elmer Schaeffer
Belleville
Ill
Edward Wynn
Zanesville
Ohio
Schaeffer
Dewey Endorses Brownell as Chairman at GOP Meeting
Indiana report notes Governor Dewey sent letters to GOP members praising Herbert Brownell Jr as doing a grand job as committee chairman. Dewey cited post election quiet but urged unity and denied any bid to promote his own candidacy. Brownell urged that party machinery not be used for individual ambitions and hoped the policy becomes permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican National Committee
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Browstell
Dewey
Brownell
New Battle Looms Over Jones Ouster
President Roosevelt moves to replace Jesse Jones with Henry Wallace as Commerce Secretary, prompting clashes with Congress. Senators Connally and Bailey urged keeping Jones, while Jones balked at Wallace’s fitness, sending a pointed letter as Roosevelts decision sparks a heated national dispute.
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Jones
Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Bailey
D-Nc
Wallace
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Weather Slows Aerial Assault Over Europe
British Flying Fortresses and Liberators faced wintry gales over the Continent as they bombed targets inside Germany this afternoon. Morning blizzards reduced Allied air operations. Yesterday heavy American bombers from Britain hit rail targets in Southwest Germany while Italy-based bombers attacked Austria. The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces reported 17 bombers missing from 1,500 sorties. two enemy planes were shot down.
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London
Britain
Continent
Germany
Austria
Mediterranean
Ohio appoints new director of highways Ford takes post
Takes Over Mr. Ford 56 Columbus took office today as director of the Ohio Department of Highways succeeding Hal G. Sours. Ford was appointed January 4 by Governor Lausche. A veteran civil engineer he previously served as a divisional engineer and worked in Cuba as chief engineer for the Pan American Engineering Co. He is married with a daughter Mrs. Robert Sawyer of Tex and a son Jack in the United States Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ford
Columbus
Ohio Department of Highways
Hal G. Sours
Ford
Lausche
Highway Department
Cox
Cuba
Pan-American Engineering Co
Robert Sawyer
Tex
Jack
United States Marines
Wallace Starts On Job Quickly
Henry A. Wallace urged full and efficient employment nationwide as he takes a new post aimed at maximizing private sector jobs. The Roosevelt administration faces questions over cabinet readiness and potential political payoffs amid GOP skepticism and Senate resistance.
Bulk of Collegians in War To Resume Studies
Cincinnati report shows 98 percent of 400 former University of Cincinnati students released by the war want to use the GI Bill and continue postwar campus work.
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Cincinnati
Frank R. Neuffer
University of Cincinnati Evening College
U. of C
Dining Car Workers Held for Theft in Clarksburg
Five Black dining car employees on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were held for arraignment after a soldier reported theft of 734 dollars and 20 cents in cash and checks. J L Dalton FBI agent in Huntington said the men were arrested on William Turner Jr s report of 170 dollars in cash and 474 dollars 20 cents in checks.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
J. L. Dalton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Huntington
William Turner, Jr
Junior W, Va
Backyard dice game ends in double murder and injuries
In Wilmington area, two men were killed and two wounded after a backyard fight linked to a dice game. Lafe Ross, 55, confessed to beating Roy Shaw, 35, with a shotgun stock after firing at him, killing Silvia Ross, 58, and wounding their daughter. Harold Shaw, 43, and Lee Gusta Shaw, 26, were hospitalized in serious condition with knife and shotgun injuries. Lafe Ross was held without charge along with his brother Charles Ross, 64, who admitted slashing Harold Shaw.
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Wilmington
New Burlington
Howard C. Botts
Botts
Lafe Ross
Roy Shaw
Shaw
Ross
Silvia
Harold Shaw
Dayton
Lee Gusta Shaw
Charles Ross
New New Deal Outline Drawn by Four Democratic Senators
Senator James E. Murray of Montana introduced a full employment bill backed by Wagner Thomas and O Mahoney. The measure would enshrine the right to a job for all willing and able Americans who have finished school and have no full time duties. If private demand fails, the federal government would provide sufficient investment and expenditure to create jobs.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
United States
James E. Murray
Montana
Wagner
New York
Thomas
Utah
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
White House
Defeat of 1914 Is Avenged As Reds Take Tannenberg In Thrust
Three Soviet invasion armies crossed into Germany driving through Silesia toward East Prussia and advancing toward Berlin from the east and west. Zhukov’s force neared Breslau while others struck across Poland cutting the Oder line. Berlin warned citizens to arm for liberty as panicked chatter spread through Stockholm and headlines warned of a decisive upcoming battle.
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Tannenberg
Baltic
Germany
Silesia
East Prussia
Poland
Berlin
Reich
von Hindenburg
Kolo
Oder
Moscow
Breslau
Kreuzberg
Pitschen
Stockholm
Yanks Advance Five Miles Across The Bulge Front
World War II bulge fighting shows Allied forces pushing from Belgium toward the Roer River and Metz while German resistance stiffens in Alsace and Strassburg. Third Army enters Wiltz and approaches Vianden as the siege of the Bulge narrows. Snow and minefields slow French advances near Colmar Mulhouse. Eisenhower and Stalin's combined pressure remains about 500 miles apart.
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Berlin
Siegfried Line
Belgium
Luxembourg
Third Army
Wiltz
Roer River
Alsace
U.S
Seventh Army
Strasbourg
U. S
First Army
St. Vith
Vianden
Bastogne-Houffalize
Sittard
Roer-Maas
von Rundstedt
Colmar-Mulhouse
Eisenhower
Stalin
German Strategy in Doubt and Rhine Offensive Hopes
War dispatch analyzes German hedging in late Ardennes activity and possible shift toward a spring Rhine surge. It notes Von Rundstedt hoarding forces near Strasbourg and Ardennes, while Allied Patton’s Third Army nears the Siegfried Line and Bastogne retreat slows.
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Alsace
Strasbourg
Ardennes
Vianden
Bonn
Rhine
George S. Patton
Third Army
Luxenbourg
Siegfried Line
Little Duchy
Bastogne
Survivor from Bataan Tells Amazing Luzon Tale
U S bomber wing headquarters in northern Luzon reports the first survivor from the Bataan Death March to join his invading comrades. Corp. Gerald G. Wade of Lewiston Idaho, an Army Air Corps mechanic, recalled a 85 mile march to a prison camp and years hiding while subsisting on rice and a lone rice cake. He described Japanese guards, hunger, and disillusionment as he passed through American lines. The story notes Wade’s malnutrition, borrowed shoes, and a tentative escape, with continuation promised on Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Luzon
Corp
Gerald G. Wade
Lewiston
Idaho
Army Air Corps
Wade
Bataan
Fire Damages Meigs Church
Misfortune continues for the First Baptist Church of Pomeroy as a blaze yesterday afternoon damaged the auditorium and organ, with losses estimated in the thousands. Officials believe an overheated furnace started the fire, following earlier wind storm damage to the parsonage porch and furnace explosions that nearly injure the pastor and his wife.
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Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Students Compete for State Oratorical Award
Six high school pupils were chosen to compete January 31 at the Ohio Pastors convention for the Prince of Peace oratorical award. The winner receives a four year college scholarship and 400 dollars. Finalists include Thomas Ogden Delaware John Henderson Springfield Beryl Jackson Marietta James Iacovozzo Newton Falls Carolyn Larkin Massillon Ronald Mayer Toledo.
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Columbus
Thomas Ogden
Delaware
John Henderson
Springfield
Beryl Jackson
Marietta
James Iacovozzo
Newton Falls
Carolyn Larkin
Massilion
Ronald Mayer
Toledo
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