Berlin Says Reds Break Into Breslau
London reports say a Russian siege army broke into Breslau with the city doomed. Soviet and Pravda dispatches describe major advances toward Dresden and Berlin, with 10 000 Red air sorties daily and encirclement of Breslau.
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Allies Break Through German Lines Near Goch and Calcar
Allied forces of the Canadian First Army moved to within about 1.5 miles of Goch and Calcar, severing the Goch Calcar highway and taking over 1,000 more German prisoners as Britons Scots and Canadians push across the Siegfried line. US and British units pressed along others fronts including Echternach and Wasserbillig amid fading flood waters and persistent German counterattacks.
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Radio Station Feud With Union Settled
Minneapolis AFL secretary Stanley Ballard announced a seven month dispute between the Musicians union and KSTP radio station was settled. He said James Petrillo would order musicians back to work and that eight permanent staff musicians would be hired at standard wages.
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Sees Son Leave for Army Then Father Dies
In Walthill Nebraska John Berg 69 collapses and dies of a heart attack after watching son Kenneth 24 board a bus for army induction. Bus halts as son informs officials and authorities say the departure will be delayed until funeral. They had recently downsized the farm and moved to Walthill for Kenneths induction.
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Nisei Soldier Killed on Leyte Volunteered For Blood Transfusion
Frank T. Hachiya 25 of Portland Oregon was killed in Leyte after volunteering to lead a valley scout under fire. He died Jan 3 after blood transfusions for his fellow regiment in the 7th division. Hachiya attended University of Oregon and served at Kwajalein and Eniwetok.
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Grew Preparing Report on Italy on Economic Talks
Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew indicates a statement will be published soon detailing negotiations between the United States and Italy aimed at improving Italy's economic situation. The disclosure came Friday from the state department.
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Washington
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Joseph C. Grew
United States
Italy
Grain Processors Local 18619 to decide on ending work stoppage
About 450 AFL affiliated Grain Processors union members were to vote this afternoon on ending the mystery stoppage at the Penick and Ford plant. A tentative agreement reached Friday includes management investigation of the triggering charge and does not involve wages or hours.
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Penick and Ford
Labor Relations Committee
Leonard B. Stastny
J. Max ‘Widmer
Allied patrols clash with Germans on Fifth and Eighth fronts
Allied patrols were in close contact with German forces along the Fifth and Eighth army fronts. They engaged in several sharp clashes as German artillery fire decreased along the Fifth army front but patrols faced strong defensive fire while probing enemy positions.
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Rome
Today's Index and Column Snapshots
A fragment from a newspaper page shows briefs on deaths and society notes, with column bylines names such as Marquis Childs and Drew Pearson. It mentions services for men and women in the armed forces and hints at movie and radio items with scattered OCR text.
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Elena Bese
David Lawrence
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Apartment Fire at Mayfair Towers Leaves Ten Dead
Ten people feared dead and 25 hospitalized after an early morning blaze gutted the 40 room Mayfair apartments in downtown Tacoma. Tenants screamed from windows as flames forced escape. one woman died leaping from a third floor window. Investigators attributed the fire to an explosion in a basement candy factory.
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George B. Anderson
Cold subzero stretch grips eastern Iowa
Decorah records seven below zero as Cedar Rapids bottoms out at two below. Forecast calls for continued cold tonight with light snow in western Iowa. Statewide precipitation minimal last night with notable snowfalls in Missouri Illinois Indiana.
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Cedar Rapids
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Decorah
Mercury
Chambers
Weather Record Shows Cold Cedar Rapids Night
The report notes temperatures in Cedar Rapids yesterday with 27 degrees at midnight, 16 degrees at 7 PM, and seven degrees above at midnight, reflecting a severe cold period across the 24 hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Erstwhile Ot Jap Cabinet Minister Dies at 67
Lt Gen Harushige Ninomiya, formerly minister of education in Japan, died Saturday at age 67 after a month in hospital for gallstone treatment, according to Domei.
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Associated Press
Harushige Ninomiya
Domei
Benes Plans Return to Establish Czech Government
Dr Eduard Benes announced he will return to Czechoslovakia with Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and other leaders via Moscow to Kosice and Prague as the territory is liberated. He said a new home government will be formed and the London state council will cease to function.
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Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
Moscow
Kosice
Prague
Republic
Benes
State Council
Welders Seal Nazi Pillboxes with Torch in France
U.S. First Army infantrymen on the Siegfried Line used a mobile acetylene torch unit to weld shut the steel doors of pillboxes trapping German troops inside. Those nearby, realizing the sealing, became more amenable to persuasion.
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Paris
United States First Army
Siegfried Line
Land
Recapture of Bataan Announced
Manila reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur announcing the recapture of Bataan by American forces. The operation used an amphibious move from Subic Bay to Mariveles with aid from the Seventh Fleet and Far East air force. American gains follow a long push from Zambales toward Olongapo and Manila, as defenses near Intramuros shrink.
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Pilar
Air and Sea Invasion Forces Capture Corregidor
American troops invaded Corregidor Island at the entrance to Manila Bay by air and sea. Paratroopers landed followed by sea borne forces as Tokyo reported. The move comes after Gen. MacArthur announced the reconquest of Bataan, with Corregidor’s batteries already neutralized by prior bombardment.
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Radio Tokyo
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Yanks Rip West Front Rail Links
London AP reports 350 American fortress bombers attacked Frankfurt on the Main rail yards behind the western front with 150 Mustang fighters escort. Frankfurt is a major rail junction linking central Germany to the front. About 1,700 US and British heavies plus Italian-based Fortresses struck Regensburg factory producing jet planes, with several jet fighters left on the ground.
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Frankfurt-on- Main
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Germany
United States
Regensburg
Lieutenant Held For Slaying Wife Linked To Blonde Officer
A South Carolina case centers on Lt Sam C Epes a 29 year old Richmond Virginia officer charged with murder in the death of his wife 26 a Jacksonville Florida schoolteacher Investigators found letters to a Lake Charles LA woman and say the motive may involve that friendship He led officers to a Fort Jackson foxhole where Mrs Epes body was buried after an alleged drugging and beating The officer attempted suicide after the body was found
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Richmond
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Jacksonville
Fla
Nazi Food Reserve Near End Warns of Short Remaining Stock
London dispatch says Germany's Reich Minister for Food Herbert Backe told Nazi leaders the food reserve will not last long beyond April this year. The warning came via a radio message identifying itself as the German People's Station.
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London
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Herbert Backe
Tokyo Blitz Prolonged as Fifth Fleet Presses Tokyo Reach
U S Pacific Fleet reports ongoing carrier air strikes on Tokyo and southern approaches from Guam. Japanese Comei News Agency claims two landings near Tokyo were repulsed and notes losses at sea while Tokyo radio warns of possible homeland attacks. Admiral Nimitz confirms Tokyo assault continues with Iwo Jima bombardment and renewed carrier operations as Spruance maintains blackout.
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