Red Army advances near Berlin threaten Baltic port and city
Soviet forces reported capture of Barwalde northeast of Berlin and an 18 mile advance that outflanked Kushin from the north and moved within 45 miles of the Baltic port of Stettin. Tanks pressed toward Stettin while radio silence cloaked movements. Western and Italian fronts show distances to front lines as Moscow relays claim major progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Iil Barwalde
Baltic
Stettin
Oder
Ybukov
Settin
Berlin
Sience
Geran
Red Army
RAF Bombers Smash Bonn and Berlin Raid Report
London AP reports heavy RAF bombers hit Bonn railway center and other Ruhr targets, while American raiders reportedly fly over Austria. Berlin raid described as burning, with 1000 Fortress assault allegedly damaging Templehof and central works. neutral sources note rail hubs and government offices hit. Five bombers fell to flak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bonn
Germany
Austria
Ruhr
Berlin
U. S
Cty
Nordfem
Osterfeld
Templehoff
German Air Ministry
Reich Chancellery
Propaganda
Gestapo
World War Fronts Report Incomplete Double-Row Dispatch
AP summary covers Western Front near Manschaul and Colmar pocket pressure, Soviet advance toward Oder and Berlin, Italian Front gains near De Sember, Pacific Front liberation and a Philippines landing report with internee releases, though text is garbled.
Wallace Prospects For Secretaryship Clouded By Coalition
Francis Mle May reports Wallace faces House coalition opposition over a plan to split loan agencies from the Commerce Department and block his confirmation. Leaders weigh amendments to curb presidential power to reassign agencies, with Republicans and Southern Democrats hinting at possible rejection in Senate. The George Bill and confirmation fate rest with House action and Banking Committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Mle
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
House
George
Senate
Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
D-Ga
Jay
Jends
Roosevelt
Commerce Secretary
Commerce
Isct
Export-Import Bank Board
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Baga
Department of Commerce
RFC
Department
Martin
Massachusets
Cox
Registrants Leave For Fort McClellan
A group from Houston County Selective Service Board No. Three resignations left today for Fort McClellan where they will be inducted. Board members B M Fellows Curtis Owens and Alex D Wood disagreed over farm reliance for inductees. Names listed include Arthur Lisenby Charlie Eddins John Gillespie Henry Deese Ewell Worrell Lamuel Knowles Raymond Cashew Robert Bodiford Roy MecCord George Tolar Oneal Mulkey Aubrey Bradshaw Alvin Fowler Eb Hilson Robert Bowen Archie Harper Cecil Kirkland John Ingram Oris Harper Wallace Buie Lewie Trawick George Armstrong Roy Martin Billy Mullaley Evitus Money Harold Fowler James Lanier Richard White Walter Long Samuel Rogers Grover Paulk Curtis Moss Shelley Vickers Mul Ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Service Board
Fort McClellan
B. M. Fellows
Curtis Owens
Alex D. Wood
Fellows
Owens
Arthur Sanford Lisenby
Charlie Bruce Eddins
John F. Gillespie
Hf. J. Morris
Henry Edsel Deese
Ewell Franklin Worrell
Lamuel Joseph Knowles
Raymond Jeremiah Cashew
Robert David Bodiford
Robert Roy MecCord
George Leslie Tolar
Oneal Garrett
Dan Gordon Mulkey
Aubrey Bradshaw
Alvin Curtis Fowler
Ebb
Junior Hilson
Robert Jackson Bowen
Archie Frederick Harper
Cecil Merle Kirkland
John L. Ingram
Oris Green Harper
Wallace Edwin Buie
Lewie
Frank Trawick
George Earl Armstrong
Roy Martin
Billy Gamble, Jr
Evitus Ea Money
Harold Edward
James Ashley Fowler
Clan Junior Lanier
Richard David White
Walter Long
Samuel Osborn Rogers
Grover Miller
Curtis Merlin Paulk
R. B. la al- James Winston
Vin Anglish Moss
Shelley
Lester Vickers
Mul Ready
Poland Assumes Civil Control in German Silesia and East Prussia
Polish National Council president Boleslaw Dierut announced that Poland is immediately taking civil administration in German Silesia and East Prussia. A Warsaw provisional government rep has arrived at Oppeln, with plans to extend governance to Breslau and other Silesia areas as military conditions permit. The plan also outlines population distributions and frontier decisions, including potential changes to Konigsberg and the Teschen region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Deluce
Warsaw
Boleslaw Dierut
Polish National Council
Poland
Germany
Silesia
East Prussia
Oppeln
Oder
Red Army
Breslau
Drerut
Teschen
Czechoslovakia
Porland
Northeastern States Struggle Amid Fresh Snowfalls
Associated Press reports heavy new snow across New England worsened transport and fuel shortages in a region facing its harshest winter in years. Depths reach 29 inches in Syracuse and 28 in Buffalo while coal shortages bite Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Associated Press
New England
Albany Weather Bureau
New York State
Fitchburg
Mass
Syracuse
Buffalo
Rochester
Grange League Federation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Regional
Solid Fuels Administration
Philadelphia
Frank Lausche
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
West Virginia
Maryland
Last-Ditch Stand Urged By Berlin
Berlin radio urged German citizens to resist and fight unconditionally as reports said the Big Three conference was underway. The broadcast warned of calls to desert leaders and cited a claim Stalin would mobilize 4,000,000 Germans to repair Soviet war damage.
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London
Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Statlen
Stalin
Russia
Ne. i
Smithsonian Shortages Highlight War Work Gap
Smithsonian Institution reports 466 man years behind in essential war tasks including curating dust free bug collections. Experts warned to protect specimens from pests like bandicoots and their mites, tied to bush typhus, as they testified before the House appropriations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
House Appropriations Committee
Palooka Joins Eagle Jot in Comic Army Adventures
Palooka joins The Eagle’s comic family as Joe becomes an Army soldier. The former world heavyweight champion’s adventures continue to entertain, now alongside military exploits. Follow him regularly in The Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palooka
Eagle
Eaglec
Joe
Eagie
First Army Rips Into Siegfried Line Near Colmar Pocket
American tanks and Moroccan mountain troops push toward Colmar and Mulhouse as First Army penetrates the Siegfried Line, trapping German divisions in the Vosges and advancing toward Gemund and Schleiden. Third Army breaches belts near Brum and aims for deeper German territory amid broken defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Western Front
First Amny
Manschaul
Rhine
Third Army
Colmar
James M. Long ParRis
Sedar
Vosges
Strasbourg
Frank W. Moburn
Zimt
Delmar
Mulhouse
Siegfried Line
Wfanitry
Roer River
Germany
Schnee Exfel
Snow Mountain
Gemund
Schleiden
East West Wall
At & Pent
Bonn
Euskirchen
Brum
Siegfried
Roderick Allen
Hellcat
First Corps
Rouffach
Cernay
First Army
Neufbrisacth
3Th
7Ath
Edwin C. Parker
Roer
Ruhrberg
Hansfeld
Heer
Eisenhower
Cologne
Ruhr
Courtney H Hodges
Schlesden
Urft
Alsace
Colmar Desth
Cross- Rhine
Neuf
Brisach
U. S
Germans Claiming U Boat Victories
The German High Command claims sinking ten supply ships totaling 67 000 tons a 20000 ton troop transport and three escort vessels in waters around England. Officials warned of renewed submarine activity but have not confirmed sinking of many ships. Secretary Stimson announced a recent U S troopship sinking with 765 dead and missing. it is unclear if this matches the game ship.
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Associated Press
England
High Command
Aled
Henry L. Stimaon
U.S
Proposed Manpower Bill Struck At By Revercomb
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia blasted the pending work-or-jail manpower bill as a move to seize private lives. President Roosevelt and the War Department back the measure. Senate committee debates placing orders with Byrnes Office of War Mobilization while Johnson argues War Department control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Kelly Washington
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Roosevelt
High Command
Patterson
War Department
Senate
House
Jssue
Selective Service Board
James F. Byrnes
Johnson
D.-Cole
Fires Reign As American Superforts Hit Kobe
Returning pilots report more than 34 fires visible as they left Kobe Japan with twelve large blazes along the western edge of the Mitegbishi ship yards. Additional fires started in the city center and near the waterfront. One bomber ditched on the Tong flight home but crew were rescued. Japanese broadcasts claimed two planes over Kobe dropping bombs hours apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Kobe
Japan
Mitegbishi Hou
Marianas
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Fifth Army Troops Reoccupy Gallicano
Allied Headquarters announced Fifth Army troops have reoccupied Gallicano in the Serchio Valley on the Italian coast with only slight enemy opposition. Advances followed along the Serchio River as December Nazi offensives near Lucca were repelled. In the Bologna area Fifth Army raiding patrols met strong German resistance with casualties and captures on both sides.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Gallicano
Serchio
Hialian
Lucca
Bologna
City Police Bust Busy Weekend With 64 Arrests
Police arrested 64 people over a 48 hour period, 32 for public drunkenness. Other charges included public drunkenness, wandering, vagrancy, carrying concealed weapons, and nine defendants booked for ramb ling. Sheriff’s office noted 15 for a treaty and three for vagrancy.
Pyle Returning to The Eagle War Coverage
A returning correspondent who covered the war will resume his column in The Eagle this week after a vacation in Africa and Europe. Ernie will be covering the Pacific front for the Navy and join other correspondents in daily features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cle Rgie
Colume
Grandmother Misplaces Grandchild in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles an anxious grandmother tells police her 14 month old grandchild vanished from a grocery yard automobile while she tended to chores. She later recalls leaving the child at friends’ home the prior day, and the next day reports a memory of the missing child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Margaret Holfensteis
Pollee
Friends
Budget cuts for next year hit many federal agencies
Washington AP report says independent offices bill to fund over twenty agencies for the year starting July cuts most departments sharply. Veterans Administration gains about 9 percent with large increases for hospital staffing and veteran benefits while the Maritime Commission ship program is funded last year but not this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Appropriations
Veterans Administration
Decreite
Maritime Commission
Congress
Veterans Agency
Graoxe
National Serves Quife
Pervice Omen
Insurance Policie
Layyecullaya
Civil Service
County Court Meets In Session Today
The regular term of County Court began an afternoon session with acting Judge OL Yompkins continuing several cases into the March term. About 20 cases were on the calendar, including four liquor violations, with the morning sessions adjourned to accommodate the lineup.
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OL. Yompkins
Americans Free as Manila Reaches Liberation Stage
Allied forces push toward Manila as First Cavalry and 7th Infantry seize northern city areas and enter from the north. Santo Tomas internees freed after a fierce fight. 3,700 Americans and Britons rescued. Paratroopers from the 5th Regiment buttress the south with road blocks toward the capital as Filipino crowds greet liberators.
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Preas
MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
Latte
Philippine
First
Cavairy
7Th Infantry Divison
Pasig
Santo Tomas
Cabanatusa
Mies
Rangera
First Cavalry
Malacanan Palace
Philippine Commonwealth
17Th Divison
Grace Park
Tokyo
U. S
Herce
Yost
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Douglas MacArthur
Secion
Associated Preve
Fred Houmpson
Wheith Air
Philia
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Cavite
Manila Bay
Mana
C. Yates McDaniel
Pasic
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Oder Rivac
Kustria
Fastern Front
Draco Barwalde
Seyes
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Linsick - Jalich
Dorenarta
Rene River
RAF
The
de Sember
Anita
Ican
Jola Ie
Commerce Post
Miles
Temott
Rove
Rs Cavalry
Miguel
Alabong
7Th Corps
Bataan Peninsula
11Th Airborne Corps
Nasugubu
Revercomb
Pyle
Santo Tom An
Coart
Sinre
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