Willkie Roosevelt clash meets Moscow rebuke
A semi official Moscow response counters Willkies critique of Roosevelts leadership in Allied policy. It notes Willkies flattery toward Stalin may miss deeper political realities and urges caution in interpreting personal diplomacy in war and peace. The piece argues the New Deal remains a living philosophy shaped by the First Lady and White House aides.
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Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Stalin
Willkie
Moscow
White House
Soviet Drive Splits Nazi Line in Ukraine Front
The Associated Press reports German claims of losing Berdichev to Soviet forces as Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army advances, cutting the winter line on a broad front. In ongoing battles, Soviet forces push south from Belaya Tserkov toward Vinnitsa and the Odessa Warsaw rail corridor, while Von Mannstein’s troops attempt to retreat under heavy pressure.
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Berdichev
Zhitov mix
Polish Ukraine
Pripet
Bulge
Nikolai Vatutin
Belaya Tserkov
Vinnitsa
Odessa-Warsaw
Vatutin
Dnieper
Bug
Ukraine
Fritz von Mannstein
Melaya Tserkov
Moscow
Stavishche
Pliskov
Bug River
von Mannstein
Kievy-Zherinka
Shepetovka
Tarnopol
Odessa
Icy Roads After Snow Hits Cedar Rapids Area
An icy glaze followed by 2.5 inches of snow disrupted eastern Iowa roads. By Wednesday noon most highways were near normal north of Sioux City to Onawa but many routes remained slippery with scattered accidents and detours. A large truck crashed in Mt. Vernon and eight big trucks plus cars and a bus stalled at Big Creek bridge on Highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
AAA Automobile Club
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Fort Dodge
Highway Commission
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Algona
Onawa
Creston
Big Creek
Highway 30
Roosevelt Reforms Emergency Board On Overtime Pay
President Roosevelt reconvenes a special emergency board to study overtime pay claims of fifteen non operating railway unions. The panel, to report within 30 days, aims to break a wage dispute threatening a strike and possible government seizure. Members include Judge Elwyn Shaw, Judge Richard Mitchell, and Walter Clephane.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Elwyn R. Shaw
Springfield, Il
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Walter C. Clephane
Washington, D. C
Pvt Drafahl 28 Dead in India War Dept Reports
The War Department reports Pvt Howard Drafahl 28 of 941 Cold Stream Avenue NE died December 23 in India. He enlisted November 1942 after leaving employment at the Honey Mead Company. Survived by wife two sisters Mrs Robert Fish 511 Eighth Avenue SE Mrs Claude Sample 1222 Fifteenth Street SE five brothers Gus Palo Pfc Robert Arizona Pic Woodrow Salina Kan Cpl Fred Waco Texas Ronald 941 Cold Stream Avenue NE.
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War Department
Howard Drafahl
Cold Stream Avenue
Inri
India
Drafahl
Honeymead Company
Robert Fish
Eighth Avenue SE
Claude Sample
Fifteenth Street
Gus
Palo
Robert
Arizona
Pic
Woodrow
Salina
Kan
Fred
Waco
Texas
Ronald
WFA Faces Demand to Release Hoarded Food
Republican lawmakers denounced the administration for food policy handling and pressed to force the War Food Administration to release thousands of tons of hoarded food. Representative Jenkins said the committee will seek legislation to unify authority under a single agency amid alleged wastage. Officials defend actions to relieve storage pressure and deny extensive spoilage claims. Senator Aiken noted some canned milk spoilage but supported wartime aid goals.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Congress
War +Food administration
Jenkins
Office of Defense Transportation
WFA
Eastman
ODT
Office of Price Administration
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Farm Bloc
J Liberated
Leese Appointed New Commander of Eighth Army
Allied HQ in Algiers reports Gen Sir Oliver Leese is the new Eighth Army commander, replacing Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery who heads to England to lead British ground forces in the invasion of western Europe. Leese, age 49, is a WWI veteran wounded three times and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He served as a war office general staff officer in 1935-36 and led the Coldstream Guards battalion from 1936 to 1938.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Oliver Leese
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
England
Europe
Leese
War Office
Coldstream Guards
Wayne C Thulin Reported Missing Over Germany
Staff Sgt Wayne C Thulin 26 of the Air Corps is reported missing in action over Germany since December 20. He has been stationed in England for 18 months after earning his wings at Chanute field. The veteran, a Washington high school graduate, attended the University of Iowa and Drake University.
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Wayne C Thulin
Germany
War Department
Carl W. Thuelin
Sixth Avenue
Thulin
Air Corps
England
Chanute Field
Bremen
France
Sgt
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Drake University
Big Increase in Luftwaffe Power
A Royal Air Force commentator on Wednesday said Germany has achieved remarkable success in boosting the Luftwaffe and now fields 1,000 more front line fighter planes than a year ago. Most German fighters are massed in western Europe to deter an Allied second front and shield key Nazi targets from air attack. The observer added that Germany has yet to mount a serious defense of the rocket coast of France, leaving that to anti aircraft guns.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Luftwaffe
Europe
France
Berlin
United States
Kiel
Muenster
Air Ministry
Paper Doll author's father dies before royalties awarded
John L. Black, 80, father of Johnny Black, died in a Hamilton rooming house before he could receive royalties from the hit song Paper Doll. The court battle over who is legally entitled to the royalties, estimated at 20 000 dollars, had bound up his son's share in the weeks before his death. Johnny Black died seven years ago. the song, written in 1915, recently gained popularity.
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Hamilton
Ohio
John ‘L. Black
Johnny Black
Johnny
1000 Nazi Workers on Trial Reported in Geneva Dispatch
New York AP reports the Moscow radio quoted a Geneva dispatch stating about 1,000 Nazi railroad workers have been placed on trial for defeatism and that 200 faced further action. The item reflects postwar accountability prompts and includes mentions of international coverage.
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New York
Mosscow Radio
Geneva
Solon Murder Suicide Tragedy at Local Restaurant
Ian Ernest Stahle and his wife Marie owners of Marie and Ernie's in Solon are found dead after a domestic quarrel. The coroner reports Stahle shot his wife then killed himself with a Colt .32 pistol. He was 52, Marie 46. The venue includes a cafe and dance hall on the lower floor and a locker plant nearby.
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Solon
Ian Ernest Stahle
Marie
Ernie
Johnson County
Francis Love
Iowa City
Stahle
Earl Stahle
Ernest Stahle
Mrs Stahle
Love
Cedar Rapids
Sarah Stahle
North Liberty
Roy W. Stahle
Albert Huber
Rock Island, Ill
Pravda accuses Willkie of double dealing over Russia
In Moscow Pravda denounces Wendell L. Willkie for courting both pro and anti Soviet elements in the United States. The article cites Willkie’s New York Times piece urging calm toward Russia and warns him to stop meddling in Baltic, Finnish, Polish and Balkan affairs. Separate Iowa incident details a fatal double tragedy at a Solon cafe, with coroner confirming murder-suicide.
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Pravda
Wendell L. Willkie
Soviet Union
United States
Willkie
America
Daniel Zaslavsky
Finland
Poland
Baltic Countries
Zaslavsky
Baltic
Balkan
Red Army
Europe
United Nations
New York Times
Kessler
Preston Koscer
Johnson County
Iowa City
Dr. Love
Joe Dolezal
New York
Russia
Baltic States
Balkans
Allied Bombers Strike France and Germany in Largest Day
About 3,000 Allied aircraft attacked Bordeaux Tours Kiel Muenster and Berlin with heavy bombers and Mosquito fighters. The raid set fires in Kiel and Muenster with minimal losses across the Allied force while Germany defended with scattered counterattacks.
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London
United States
Bordeaux
Tours
France
Kiel
Germany
Yanks Hammer Weary Bulgaria War News Card
Allied air forces strike Bulgaria and Yugoslavia with heavy raids. US 15th Air Force bombs railway yards and a bridge at Dupnitsa near Sofia while Mitchells hit Doboj station and Travnik areas near Sarajevo. All planes return safely as Bulgaria faces cabinet crisis and German pressure.
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Bulgaria
United States 15Th Air Force
Dupnitsa
Sofia
Doboj
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Travnik
Bosilov
Berlin
Polish Underground Ordered To Continue Resistance
The Polish government-in-exile told Wednesday that underground members were ordered to continue and intensify resistance to German invaders and avoid conflicts with Soviet armies entering Poland. They were told to cooperate fully with Soviet commanders in case Polish-Soviet relations resume.
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London
Poland
Uncertain OCR Index Highlights Names and Topics
An OCR fragment lists names such as Raymond Clapper David Lawrence Paul Mallon Marion Sumner Welles and mentions topics like Deaths Courthouse Comics Movies Radio Sports and a credit to Winchell The fragment is incomplete and yields no clear news item or event.
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Ceysseeee Ld
Padtyeepeeawes Sdf Farm
David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Cccpasceens
Marion
Tom Treanor Taisserdd
Sumner Welles
Walter
Winchell
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