Germans Push Into Alsace Front Amid Snowbound Battle
In blizzard conditions on a 25 mile front near Colmar and Strasbourg, German armored forces drove toward the Rhine, threatening Strasbourg as American Seventh Army fighters held the Hatten line. British and American units crossed the Meuse and pressed toward Norwegian bulge positions while Luftwaffe and allied air power faced heavy weather.
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Paris
Colmar
Strasbourg
United States
Seventh Army
Weyersheim
Cross- Rhine
Bourg
Rhine
Haguenau
Haguenau Forest
Strassbourg
Zorn Canal
Zornver
Biscawiller
Roermond
Geilenkirchen
Germany
Three men loot deposit boxes at real estate office
In Chicago three men reportedly stole about $50,000 in currency, jewelry and negotiable items from hundreds of deposit boxes at the E. Rumbold real estate office on Friday night, authorities said.
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Chicago
E. Rumbold Real Estate
Civil Penalty Draft Measure Advances in House Panel
The House military committee approved civil penalties for 18 to 45 year olds who quit essential war jobs. Penalties include up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, under a work or be drafted plan. A final vote was postponed pending Monday. farm workers under 26 face separate action to curb wholesale induction.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Rep. Kilday
Texas
House
James F. Byrnes
William Lemke Oo
Selective Service
Tydings
Third war inauguration marks FDR third wartime oath
Washington AP reports Franklin D Roosevelt becomes the third president to be inaugurated during a wartime era joining James Madison and Abraham Lincoln in this historic sequence.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
Manila Drive Resumed as American Forces Advance on Luzon
American armored columns pushed 50 miles inland toward Manila from the beachhead and neared Clark field. A new bridge over the Agno River eased supply lines while patrols reached the Zambales mountains and Dasol Bay. Japanese resistance remained light on the coast as U.S. forces press toward Tarlac and Baguio, with heavy fighting reported near Pangasinan and Rosario.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Luzon
Manila
Clark Field
Agno River
Zambales
Dasol Bay
Mild Weather Expected for Iowa Weekend
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with no major change in conditions. Temperatures should stay above normal with lows around 20 degrees, while light snow flurries were reported earlier in the day. Snow totals ranged from traces to an inch in Sioux City and a half inch in Fort Dodge as icy roads were noted in northern Iowa by the highway commission.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Protestant Leaders Adopt Postwar Peace Plan
Protestant church leaders in the United States and Canada adopted a postwar peace plan at a four day national meeting in Cleveland. About 450 delegates representing 25 million Protestants approved resolutions during the final session on Saturday.
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Cleveland (Ap
United States
Canada
Japan to move government offices underground in war plan
Washington reports Japan has allocated 460 million dollars to shift government offices underground and expand air raid defenses. Domei quoted outlines by Prime Minister Koiso including tunnel shelters to protect civilians and relocate vital installations. A Kyoto inventor's tunnel-digging machine aids new evacuated war factory sites as part of the five point program.
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Washington
Japan
Domei
Kuniaki Koiso
FCC
Radio Tokyo
Kyoto
F R Takes Oath Vows Peace At Fourth Inauguration
Franklin D Roosevelt was sworn in for a fourth term on the White House south portico with 7009 guests. He urged peace through trust and courage, urged Americans to reject isolation and fear, and vowed better days ahead as he spoke of the war's cost and the need for unity with Allies.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
White House
East Capitol
Harlan F. Stone
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Enry A. Wallace
Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Missing in Reich Frank E Machen Airman Served in Eighth Air Force
Tech Sergeant Frank E Machen 24 a B 17 gunner with the Eighth Air Force is missing in action since December 31 over Germany His parents Mr and Mrs Frank F E Machen of 1432 Third Avenue SE have been notified by the Secretary of War A Franklin graduate he attended Coe College before joining the air force He has three Air Medals and served overseas since July He toured England and the continent with his parents and brother James now in Alaska District history notes his wartime service
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Frank E. Machen
Eighth Air Force
Frank FE. Machen
Third Avenue SE
Germany
Secretary of War
Franklin
Machen
Coe
Air Force
Santa Ana
Calif
England
Continent
James
Coast Guard
Alaska
Sinking of Liberty Ship John A. Johnson by Japanese Sub
Navy reports a Japanese submarine torpedoed and sank the Liberty ship John A. Johnson off the West Coast in November 1944. Survivors recount the attack as Japanese crew fired on men, rammed a lifeboat, and fled the scene before rescue by the navy.
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West Coast
San Francisco
Pacific
John A. Johnson
California
Honolulu
Navy
Johnson
Argus
Western Sea Frontier
Max Fleischman
Santa Barbara
Arnold H
Tacoma
Wash
J.g
Wynn del Yates
Salt Lake City
Yates
Salt Lake
Mrs. Palmer Dies at Home in Cedar Rapids
Sadie Whiting Palmer widow of Austin N. Palmer founder of the Palmer penmanship method died at 5 10 am in her Ausadie apartment Cedar Rapids after a two year illness She leaves brother Henry D Whiting and two great nieces Alice and Doris Bramley Services are set for 3 30 pm Wednesday at Turner chapel with Rev D A Loferski in charge Burial will be at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories Interment follows her long leadership of A N Palmer Company and her community work in Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids
Sadie Whiting Palmer
Austin N. Palmer
Palmer
First Avenue SE
Henry D. Whiting
Troy
Mont
Alice
Doris Bramley
Whitefish
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery
A. N. Palmer Company
New York City
Woman’s Club
British Submarines Sink 84 Jap Cargo Ships
The admiralty reported British submarines operating in Far Eastern waters damaged five more Japanese ships by torpedo or gunfire. Many small supply vessels carried petrol am munition food and other war material to Burma and garrisons on enemy-held islands. submarines also shelled shore installations.
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London
Admiralty
Far
Burma
Mexico City Parley Delayed to Feb 21
Mexico City AP says the inter-American conference has been postponed from February 15 to February 21. The delay reflects requests from several of the 18 invited nations to be better prepared to discuss war and peace problems on the agenda.
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Mexico City
Mexico
O'Neal Named Publicity Head of Democrats
Sam A. O'Neal, 45, Washington correspondent for the Chicago Sun, is appointed publicity director of the Democratic National Committee. He will assume the post about February 1.
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O'Neal
Democrats
Washington
Sam A. O'Neal
Chicago Sun
Democratic National Committee
Red Troops Take Tilsit and Hungary Armistice Signed
Marshal Stalin announced the Red army captured Tilsit in East Prussia. An armistice was signed among Russia the United States and Britain with Hungary's provisional government led by Col. Gen. Bela Miklos. The agreement will be published later and does not end fighting in western Hungary.
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London
Russia
United States
Britain
Hungary
Moscow Radio
Bela Miklos
Debrecen
Hitler
Russians press toward East Prussia and Berlin frontline gains
Russian forces surged into East Prussia within 62 miles of the Gulf of Danzig and 204 miles from Berlin as they widened breakthroughs along the Vistula and Warta corridors. Zhukov and Konev fronts advanced near Lodz and Nowy Sacz, with several towns fallen and rail links severed.
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London
East Prussia
Gulf of Danzig
Junkers
Berlin
Germany
Ernst von Hammer
Upper Silesia
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Gilgenburg
Dzialdowor
Tollnidgen
Gumbinnen
Reich
Lodz
Gregory Zhukov
Vistule
Warta
Petrov
Polish Carpathians
Nowy Sacz
Presov
Slovakia
Staro
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Praszka
Silesian
Poland
Tarnow
Krakow
Budapest
How Far to Berlin From the Front Lines
The Associated Press reports distance estimates on two fronts. Russian front lines are about 264 miles from Berlin while the Italian front sits roughly 544 miles away from Reno river positions.
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Berlin
Reno River
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Shipyard Guard
L. P. Lyman
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Baguio
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Villasis
Binalonan
F.R
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