Nazis Push Yanks Back Along Rhine Front
Paris reports a French First Army blizzard driven assault on a 25 mile front near the Colmar pocket to ease pressure on Strasbourg. German armored attacks backed by tanks push Seventh Army back toward Weyersheim, threatening Strasbourg while US and British forces counter along the Roer Meuse corridors and seize Stevensweert.
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Seventh Army
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Belgian Bulge
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Stevensveert
Adrawal
Geilen- Fikirchen
Germany
Hongen
Zetten
Nijmegen
Arnhem
United States First” Army
St. Vith
Yusuida
Robbery at Chicago safety-deposit vaults nets heavy haul
Three men seized an estimated 50 000 in cash jewelry and negotiables from hundreds of safety deposit boxes at the E Howard Rumbold real estate office in Chicago Friday night. Police say the heist targeted the building’s vault area and involved entry to multiple boxes before escape.
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Chicago
E. Howard Rumbold Real Estate
Civil Penalty Draft Measure Passes Military Panel
A House military committee approved civil penalties for men 18 to 45 who leave essential war jobs. The work or be drafted plan substitutes civilian penalties for army labor battalions and may set the same penalties for those refusing war jobs on draft orders. A final vote was postponed to Monday. The farm bloc's committee of eleven proposed a resolution to curb wholesale induction of farm workers under 26, urging compliance with the Tydings amendment and treating agriculture as a critical war industry.
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House Military Committee
Kilday
Texas
House
James F. Byrnes
William Lemke
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Selective Service
Tydings
Inauguration in War Times Ties Roosevelt to Lincoln and Madison
Washington reports that Franklin D Roosevelt is the third president inaugurated during war time. It notes that James Madison and Abraham Lincoln were the other wartime inaugurations.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
Manila Drive Resumed as U S Armored Push Advances Toward Clark Field
American forces drive 50 miles inland along the Manila road and reach within 25 miles of Clark Field. A heavy bridge across the Agno river enables the southward advance while Western flank patrols reach the Zambales mountains and Dasol bay. Japanese counterattacks persist as U S troops push along highways 3 and 13 toward Tarlac and Baguio is isolated by the expanding beachhead.
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Luzon
Manila
Clark Field
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Zambales
Dasol Bay
Bataan
Tarlac
Manila Bay
Mild Weekend Weather Promised for Iowa
Cedar Rapids area forecasts show mild weekend with above normal temperatures and partly cloudy skies. Reports note 29 degree afternoon with 58 percent humidity, light snow yesterday, and isolated icy road conditions in northern towns.
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Chambers
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Iowa
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Mason City
Highway Commissions
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Protestant Leaders Adopt Postwar Peace Policy
Protestant leaders from the United States and Canada approved a postwar peace policy promising ultimate reconciliation of victors and vanquished while urging that Germany and Japan have their power and will to wage war destroyed. The resolutions were adopted by 450 delegates representing over 25 million Protestants at the conference finale on the four day study gathering.
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Cleveland
United States
Canada
Germany
Japan
Japs to Shift Government Offices Underground
Japan announced a 460 million dollar program to move government offices underground on a permanent basis and expand air raid defenses. The plan includes tunnel air raid shelters for civilians and relocating vital installations, with a Kyoto inventor developing a tunnel-digging machine to aid construction.
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Washington
Japan
Domei
Kuniaki Koiso
FCC
Radio Tokyo
Kyoto
F R Takes Oath Vows Just Peace During Inauguration
Franklin D Roosevelt sworn in for a fourth term at the White House south portico in snowy weather. Vice President Harry S Truman also took his oath. Roosevelt urged unity, courage, and a path to peace amid war costs and rising isolationist sentiment.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
White House
East Capitol
Harlan F. Stone
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Missourian
Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Sinking of John A. Johnson by Japanese Sub Off Pacific Coast
Navy reports Japanese submarine torpedoed and sank the Liberty ship John A. Johnson between California and Honolulu in November 1944. Ten of 70 crew and passengers died, six wounded, survivors were machine-gunned and rammed after the attack. Surviving crew were rescued by the navy yacht Argus.
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Pacific
John ‘A. Johnson
California
Honolulu
Navy
Johnson
Oregon
Tokyo Radio
Argus
Max Fleischman
Santa Barbara
Amopg
Arnold H. Beeken
Tacoma
Wash
J.g
Wynn del Yates
Salt Lake City
Utah
Yates
Missing in Reich: Tech Sgt Frank E Machen
Tech. Sgt. Frank E Machen, 24, radio gunner on a B 17 with the Eighth Air Force, is missing in action since December 31 in Germany. Son of Mr and Mrs Frank FE Machen of 1432 Third Avenue SE, he attended Coe College, trained at Santa Ana, and earned the Air Medal with three clusters. his brother James serves in the Coast Guard.
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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
Mrs Palmer Dies at Home in Cedar Rapids
Sadie Whiting Palmer widow of Austin N Palmer founder of the Palmer penmanship system died at 5 10 am Saturday in her Ausadie apartment 845 First avenue SE after a two year illness. Surviving a brother Henry D Whiting of Troy Montana and two great nieces Alice and Doris Bramley of Whitefish Montana Services will be 3 30 pm Wednesday at Turner chapel Rev D A Lofer ski of St Johns Episcopal church will preside Interment in Cedar Memorial chapel of memories cemetery Mrs Palmer had been president of the A N Palmer company since 1927 and spent most of her life in Cedar Rapids except for years in New York City
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Austin N Palmer
Palmer
First Avenue SE
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Troy
Mont
Alice
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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 Sink 84 Jap Cargo Ships
The admiralty said British submarines with the East Indies fleet sank 84 Japanese and Japanese controlled supply ships during recent Far Eastern patrols. Five more Japanese vessels were damaged by torpedo or gunfire as submarines shelled shore installations and targeted petrol, ammunition, food and other war materiel bound for Burma and enemy-held islands.
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Admiralty
East Indies
Far
Burma
Mexico City Parley Delayed to Feb 21
Mexico City AP reporting that the inter American conference has been postponed from February 15 to February 21. The delay comes after requests from several of the 18 invited nations to better prepare for war and peace discussions on the agenda.
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Mexico City
Mexico
O Neals Named Publicity Head for Democrats
Sam A O Neals 45 Washington correspondent for the Chicago Sun was named publicity director of the Democratic national committee He will assume the role around February 1 succeeding Paul Porter who was confirmed by the Senate as a member of the Federal Communications Commission
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Sam A. O'Neals
Chicago Sun
Democratic National Committee
Paul Porter
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
Red Troops Advance Toward Danzig In Major Soviet Push
Soviet forces under Zhukov and Rokossovsky drive toward Berlin and Danzig, breaking into East Prussia and the Polish corridor. Rushing across Nowy Sacz and Presov, they threaten Tilsit and the Baltic approach while 3,000,000 troops surge toward German soil. Hungary signs armistice with the Allies, ending its status as a Nazi satellite.
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Gregory Zhukov
Berlin
Vistula
Warta
Petrov
Polish Carpathians
Nowy Sacz
Presov
Slovakia
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Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Praszka
Silesian
Poland
Tarnow
Krakow
Baltic
Budapest
Danzig
East Prussia
Germany
Baltic Sea
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Tilsit
Masurian Lake
Ragnit
Memel
How Far to Berlin
Russian front 204 miles from Sie Jesian border. Western front 301 miles from near Duren. Hungarian front 364 miles from Hron river. Italian front 544 miles from Reno river.
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Associated Press
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Duren
Hron River
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