Big Three to Confer Soon on War Snarls
Washington reports a second Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference is planned for late January or early February. The meeting, to be held outside the United States, follows disputes over Greece, Italy, Poland and broader Allied diplomacy as Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt align on wartime policy and postwar plans. Stettinius may join, with discussions likely to shape European actions and the Dumbarton Oaks security framework.
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Atlantic
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United States
Greece
Italy
Poland
Churchill
Britain
Stettinius
America
Europe
Stettiniia
Senate
War Job Deserters Ordered Put in 1-A
Washington dispatch explains a broader plan to induct older men after February 1 under the produce or fight policy. registrants aged 6 to 38 whose shifts harm the war effort will be moved to 1-A and prioritized for induction, even after leaving essential jobs, to be processed like volunteers and delinquents. Page 3 Col 71.
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Washington
Ageney
State urged to fund Boys Farm program expansion
A Children's Home Society of West Virginia delegation asked the State Board of Public Works to recommend 320 000 for the Davis Child Shelter and Little Sandy Creek boys farm near Elk View. They argue state aid would reduce corrections costs and foster better citizen outcomes by expanding staff and buildings.
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Children's Home Society of
West Virginia
Roger 1 Creel
Ronald S. Cleland
Davis Child Shelter
Red Weed
Little Sandy Creek
Elk View
Pruntytown
L. K."lowenstein
Charleston
Secondary Principals Assoc
State Education Assoc
Six Nominations Hangs in Doubt Over FDR Appointments
Washington dispatch reports the fate of the State Department reorganization in doubt as a Senate jam delays action on six disputed nominations. Sen. Chandler insists Hurley and Heller be acted on first for surplus property board, ahead of Grew undersecretary and five assistant secretary nominees. Pepper Flat hints president may reconsider. Other nominees include Clayton Rockefeller Holmes Dunn and MacLeish. Senate action likely after extended session. page reference indicates continued coverage.
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State Department
Sen
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D-Ky
Hubert A. Hurley
Edward Heller
Surplus Property Board
Hurley- Heller
Joseph C. Grew
Nelson Rockefeller
Julius C. Holmes
James C. Dunn
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Holmes
MacLeis
Churchill Sets Polish Redraw in Major Europe Plan
Prime Minister Churchill backed Russia’s western frontier demand and proposed a postwar map where Germany loses large northern and eastern territories. He urged a practical U S approach to Poland’s future, hinted at limits on a Roosevelt Stalin meeting, and outlined Curzon Line favoring western expansion for Poland with Lvov and Danzig under debate. Mass population transfers would curb minority problems as Russia would absorb eastern areas.
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Churchill
Russia
Europe
Germany
United States
Poland
Roosevelt
Stalin
Britain
Curzon
Lvov
Akring
East Prussia
Konigsborg
Free Danzig
Baltic
Kent
West Virginia 4th in Bond Selling in drive totals
West Virginia ranked fourth in bond sales as of close of business Wednesday with 209,400,186 toward an 8 9 million quota. New Hampshire, North Carolina and Maryland led. individual security sales reached 47,405,058 of 39,000,000. Corporate quotas more than doubled to 62,020,528. drive ends today with postmark timing counting. County leaders report Charleston totals at 1,421,700 and Army Mothers Club at 11,000. county offices and volunteers will stay open, focusing on E and G bond sales as well as tax savings notes.
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State War Finance
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Maryand
Federal Reserve
Dee
Charleston
Army Mothera Club
Banks of Commerce
J. McDavid
Youthful Bond Salesmen to See Free Shows Today
Three Charleston theaters Capitol Kearse and Ferguson host free riddle shows on the final day of the Sixth War Loan drive. Youthful bond salesmen 14 or younger buy or sell a bond and receive free admission stamped by the issuing agent. The program features westerns cartoons sports pictures and travelogues with films including Suge Brush Law Officer Donald Duck Dangerous Journey Wagon Tracks War and Zorra's Black Whip plus a Terry Tune and Silly Goose cartoon.
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Ferguson
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Donald Duck
Sons of Calloges
Ronald Coleman
the Kearse
Maonofer George Wolfe
Ferguson Theater
Keatsr
Capital
Zorra
Garethe
Virginian
Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Greek regency seen as path to end civil war in Greece
Progress toward a settlement in Greece centers on a possible regency to resolve the monarchy question. An armistice proposal, backed by ELAS and EAM leaders, calls for a national government and a regency until a plebiscite decides monarchy or republic, as fighting continues around Athens amid British troop actions.
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Middle East
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Eney Council
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Papandreou
Damaskinos
Athens
Greece
London
Tam
EAN
National Liberation Front) Teaders
ELAS
EAM
Solpiig
Stadium
Zapplun Park
Omonia
Scable
Highway Traffic Reopens After December Storm
The worst of the December blizzard past, main highways resumed with caution. Coal mines and fuel deliveries return to normal, war plants stocked for deliveries, and buses operate on most routes though conditions remain hard. Secondary roads stay blocked as temperatures rise predicting improvement weekend. Snow flurries forecast for some areas.
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Dlizsard
Neckley
Bluefield
Spencer
Clarksburg
Soviet Backed Poles Move Toward Provincial Government
Soviet sponsored Polish liberation leaders returned to Lublin after talks with Russian officials as pressure grows to elevate the liberation committee to a formal provincial government. Boleslaw Berut, head of the committee council, forecast a council session in Lublin to construct such a government, threatening the London Polish exile regime.
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Beration Committee
Lublin
Poland
Boleslaw Berut
London
Poe Fish
Soviets Break Into Western Slovakia In Push Toward Vienna
Moscow announced a bold Red Army crossing the frontier 34 miles northwest of Budapest to strike western Slovakia and threaten Vienna. Soviet forces seized Ipolygagy Sahy and Szendro while advancing toward Bratislava, with other units driving near Miskolc and pushing German lines in eastern Slovakia.
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Fuedapest
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Borzsany
Westhard
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Szendro
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Lancasters Bomb Ludwigshafen After Rail Hubs Raids
RAF Lancasters blasted Ludwigshafen about 65 miles east of Saarbrucken with over 3,000 tons of bombs in a raid that followed heavy American strikes on Hannover and Kassel. Four U S and two fighters were reported missing. Allied air action also hit ships at T Molden and targets in the North Sea coast, Amsterdam area, and Austria.
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Austria
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Brenner Pass Raule
Hodges Units Tighten Noose Around Duren
Paris dispatch reports three divisions of the U S Seventh Army crossing into Germany's Palatinate at three points along a 12 mile front. The 04rd division crossed at 1 05 p m near Wissembourg, the 45th along wooded ridges at an undisclosed point, and the 70th near Scheibenhard as they press toward Bien Wald forest. Vanguards under Lt Gen Alexander M Patch moved up to the Rhine border amid limited fire, with elements of the 3rd division advancing toward Wissem bourg and 79th division entering Lauterbourg and nearing Karlsruhe. In six days of combat in northern Alsace, Americans held 2,087 prisoners.
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Wisnem
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Lauterbourg
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Karlsruhe
Super Scouts Set Tokyo Squealing
Washington reports two new Superfortress sorties against Tokyo amid heavy Nagoya Mitsubishi plant attacks. Japanese radio threatens to punish captured airmen and claims a lone 8 29 flight over Osaka Kobe and another raid near Tokyo. Page 3 continues.
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FDR Names 7 War Chiefs For Top Army Navy Rank
President Roosevelt created five star ranks for the army and navy and nominated seven senior officers to the new titles. Gen. George C. Marshall Eisenhower MacArthur Arnold and Adm. William Leahy King Nimitz were named with other top commanders in a move to elevate leaders in the Allied war effort. Senate approval followed quickly and the White House hailed the nominations as a mark of respect for the chosen officers.
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Mindoro Beachhead Boosts U S Philippine Advance
MacArthur reports a bloodless Mindoro landing by U S forces within 160 miles of Manila. Carrier planes struck Japanese airfields as the operation, aided by guerrilla actions, opened a new corridor from Leyte toward Mindanao and the central Visayas, threatening supply lines and tying down Japanese reserves.
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