Roosevelt names Eisenhower to lead second front
President Roosevelt announces General Dwight D. Eisenhower will command the long discussed second front. The plan signals no single commander for all Anglo American operations, leaving big wartime decisions to Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin guided by Marshall. The piece also notes German reprisals, a milk marketing office move, and the awkard timing of girdle production lifting.
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Harry Boyd
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Churchill
Stalin
George, Co. Marshall
Gen. Marshall
Gen
Allied Air Blitz Pounds Berlin and Pas de Calais
More than 1 300 American planes joined a vast Allied fleet in strikes on Pas de Calais and a major RAF night assault on Berlin. Berlin endured 1 120 tons of explosives as RAF crews reported heavy fires and low losses, while raids extended into a fifth straight day of continental bombing.
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London
Pas de Calais
France
R.A.F
Berlin
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Germany
Aachen
Roosevelt names Eisenhower to lead Anglo American forces
President Roosevelt announced Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will command the combined Allied forces directing a second front against Germany. He outlined coordinated attacks from multiple fronts and said Spaatz will lead the American strategic bombing effort. The speech linked victory to continued Allied pressure in Europe and a future international force to preserve peace.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Dwight D Eisenhower
Germany
George C. Marshall
Eisenhower
Middle East
Ife
Churchill
Stalin
Russia
Teheran
Italy
Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Carl D. Spaatz
Spaatz
Mediterranean
Europe
Japan
Allied Command Changes Announced In Europe Pacific Outlook
London announced General Henry Maitland Wilson will lead Allied forces in the Mediterranean succeeding Eisenhower. General Harold Alexander becomes commander in Italy, with Montgomery heading the British group under Eisenhower. The President warned of heavy casualties and urged unity over isolationist sentiment as war continues toward victory.
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London
Henry Maitland Wilson
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
No. 10
Downing Street
Harold Alexander
Italy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Nightclub worker fined after speeding defense cited
Los Angeles court fines Josephine Lee 35 dollars after she admits speeding to deter sailors from leaping on the running board. The defense claims the action aimed to stop an oncoming incident.
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Los Angeles
Josephine Lee
Missing Lt Raim linked to Emden air battle
Lt Milo A Raim 22 co pilot of a Flying Fortress based in England is missing in action over Germany since December 11. The army air corps graduate earned his wings last June at Williams Field Arizona. News reached his mother Mrs Rose J Raim in a telegram December 11.
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Milo A. Raim
England
Germany
War Department
Rose J. Raim
Seventeenth Street
Emden
Raim
Army Air Corps
Williamsfield
Chandler, Ariz
False Alarm on Rocket Shelling
The German high command said naval shore batteries shelled Dover Deal and Folkestone across the channel from Nazi France. Berlin radio translations misread leuchte-granate as rocket shells, but it means flare shells or tracers. No damage from Thursday night over-channel shelling was announced.
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London
High Command
Dover
Deal
Folkestone
France
Berlin
Linn Retailers to Meet with OPA Price Specialists
Six specialists from the OPA price division will meet Linn county retailers at 8 p m next Wednesday at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Walter Kline will attend for Rae Walters. The meeting aims to explain regulations and answer retailer questions across all retail sectors in Linn county.
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Price Division
OPA
Linn County
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Price Panel
Iowa
Walter Kline
Rae Walters
Linn
Two Railroad Unions Call Off Walkout for Arbitration
At the White House on Friday spokesmen for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced they will suspend their planned strike and seek arbitration by President Roosevelt. The move follows Roosevelt’s offer to arbitrate the wage deadlock, while three other operating unions rejected the plan. The White House said the government could seize railroads if talks fail, though not yet taking over.
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Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
China
Russia
Cairo
Teheran
Germany
Japan
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
White House
A. F Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Whitney
Johnston
Hitler
Hirohito
James F. Byrnes
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrnes
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Butler’s blouse returns with sergeant stripes
CAMP CARSON Colorado AP Major Byron N. Butler sent his blouse to a tailor for minor repairs. It returned marked with sergeant’s stripes, signaling a promotion.
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Camp Carson
Colo
Byron N. Butler
German Tank Offensive Stopped, Russians Say
Allied dispatches report the Red Army captured Gorodok, pushing toward Vitebsk as Moscow claims a major German tank offensive on a 400 mile front was halted. Stalin announced the drive’s check while German and Soviet united fronts trade breaching battles near Vitebsk and Kiev bulge.
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London
Red Army
Gorodok
Vitebsk
Stalin
Moscow Radio
Ivan C. Bagramian
Moscow
Berlin
Red
Polotsk
Eddy Gilmore
AP Moscow
Buagramian
Gilmore
Korosten
Kiev
Zhlobin
White Russia
Dnieper
Berezina
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Sub Grayling Reported Lost in War Patrol
The navy announced the loss of the submarine Grayling, a 1 475 ton vessel presumed overdue since the war began. Commanded by Lt Comdr Robert M Brinker the ship carried about 65 crewmen and likely disrupted Japanese supply lines in the Pacific. Next of kin have been notified.
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Washington
Grayling
Navy
Pacific
Robert M. Brinker
Chicago
War Production Board approves 2,000,000 doz infant garments
The War Production Board authorized manufacture of more than two million dozen infants and children's clothes in Q1 1944 to ease civilian shortages. Cotton textiles woollen and worsted yarns are reserved for children’s wear, prioritizing low cost durable items such as rompers dresses overalls shirts and boys’ suits.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Christmas in Wartime Echoes on a Lone Star Eve
Dora Jane Hamblin reflects on a war Christmas 1943 marked by scarcity and sacrifice. Fewer trees and lights, many missing home, yet acts of kindness and widespread generosity shine through. Donors fill Christmas exchanges, post offices report record mail, and war bonds surge as families cope with rationing and distant loved ones.
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Dora Jane Hamblin
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