Lend-Lease report predicts decisive 1944 war actions
President Roosevelt delivers the thirteenth lend-lease report summing aid totals to November and stating 1944 will be a year of decisive actions in the war. He credits lend-lease with expanding Allied offensives and boosting shipments as Axis forces face intensified pressure. The report notes increased Allied power and ongoing steps toward unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and Japan.
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Douglas
Cornell Washington
Roesevelt
America
al- Yew
United Nations
Axis
Lesk
Mehran
Curo
Easser
Jong « Jetze
Senate
House
Egg Market Flooded Foreshadows Shortage Threat
Associated Press reports a nationwide egg surplus may turn to shortages as prices drop and costs rise. Eastern and Midwestern farmers sell flocks to cover losses, while experts warn millions could face reduced production this year. Georgia and Florida producers face precarious outlooks with looming shortfalls in 80 days.
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Preas
Pawtry
Parrish
North Carolina Extension Service
Foster F. Tabb
Maine Poultry Co- Ouration
Florida
Georga
Jefferson County
J. K. Liles
Biringham
Mediterranean Front Routs Bille at Cassino and Rome Link
Allied forces push toward Rome breaking stale Miata on the Italian front with heavy artillery and air support. RAF and Mosquito bombers strike deep into German positions in Mettin and the Baltic, while Soviet allied actions in the Kurbs push toward the Romanian border with hundreds of thousands potentially encircled. Yugoslav Partisans clash with German forces in street fighting in Gloucester.
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Mediterranean
U.8
Cassino
Rome
Fepy U
Alr
Kurbia
Flaviet
Bordar
Southwest Pacific
Dutch Timor
Wilew
Gloucester
Laka
Fifth Army Breaks Stalemate At Cassino Fight
Allied headquarters say Fifth Army and British forces on a 10 mile front fought through sleet to breach San Vittore. Americans and Britons moved about a mile on the first day, bombers focusing on German gun positions as they press toward Cassino in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee Gallaugher
Algiers
Fifth Army
San Vittore
Sard
Food Stamp Plan Gains WFA Backing in Surprise Move
The War Food Administration endorsed a government food stamp plan to subsidize grocery bills for low income families. The proposal would issue stamps to ensure a basic diet, with an estimated 18 million eligible and a maximum annual cost of 3 billion dollars. Hearings were set to begin within a week, despite debates over price control bans and the plan's impact on food costs.
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Donald Hyndhand
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Plantere
Aiken
LaFollette
Grover B. Hill
WRA
WPA
Isauc
Heve
Aikengala
Hopes To Settle Rail Pay Dispute Growing Brighter
Three railroad operating unions holding aloof from arbitration received assurances as carriers do not view basic wages as frozen for the war. President Roosevelt's wage directive for other brotherhoods spurred a new push toward settlement and a presidential board was named to tackle the non-operating case.
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Joseph A. Loftus Washington
Roosevelt
Stettin Bombed as RAF Strikes Baltic Port
Stettin, Germany's Baltic port, was blasted by the RAF in a night attack aimed at disrupting the Baltic supply lifeline to the Russian front. Berlin also faced Mosquito raids in a double assault, with fifteen aircraft lost.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Stettin
Germany
Baltic
France
Stet Tarn
Test Of Candidate Strength Forecast In Convention Bid
The piece reports a power struggle within the Republican party over the nominating convention and the crucial arrangements committee. It notes New York City’s entry into the race boosting Wendy Willkie’s supporters, and potential efforts to force a national committee vote on committee selection, challenging Chairman Harrison Spangler’s influence. Senator Taft backs Bricker and warns of internal moves, with officials skeptical of success.
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Jack Bell Washington
Republian National Committee
Chicago
New York City
Wendy L Willkie
Pleka
Taft
F.ohio
Jonn W Bricker
Ohio
Bricker Camp
Arrangements Committee
National Committee
Harrison FE Spangler
Spangler
Alabama's Juvenile Delinquents Labeled Grown Up
MONTGOMERY, Ala AP The Alabama Parole Board says criminal activity shows juveniles grow up, warning of rising juvenile crime postwar. The report notes prison population drop from 1900s level to about 4500, credits wartime work, and highlights parole outcomes and rehabilitation needs.
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Montgomert
Ala
Alabama
Par-op-Parols Board
Jollenees
Argentina Cracks Down To Curb Papers and Magazines
Buenos Aires reports strong new curbs by President Ramirez on press activity and foreign correspondents after a military revolt. Decrees bar news and advertising that may threaten public order or relations with friendly countries, require government communiques to be published, and mandate eight minutes of Argentine propaganda in theater programs. Four punishment levels include warnings, suspension, removal from registers, and seizure of equipment.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Ramirez
Ramiree
Lule Pettinger
Interior
Nub
Settlement Would Speed Nazi Rout Observers Believe
Washington reports say a settlement over Poland’s eastern territories could hasten the defeat of German forces. Moscow and London clash over prewar borders as Pravda asserts territories are integral to Soviet republics. The issue shapes Stalin’s next moves and Polish resistance plans.
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John M Hightower
Washington
Rusia
Polisd
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Russia
Poland
Moscow
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist Party
Pollah
Soviet Union
Yeaterday
Mapute From & S
Germana Scrom i
Japanese Rifle Received Here
A teal rifle is displayed by Rayton Coleman at 813 W. Vowell St as his son, Seaman First Class Coleman, sent the weapon from San Diego via New Zealand. The crude rifle bears blood stains, suggesting it was left in a hurried escape.
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Rayton Coleman
U. & Navy
Last Minute BULLETINS From London and Washington
AP dispatches report Australian troops possibly landing at Caps Gumi on New Guinea coast. Otto Thierack orders strict penalties for drinkers among German industrial workers. The Hopkins fetter about Wendell Willkie’s 1944 nomination will be examined by a federal grand jury, Tom C. Clark announces.
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London
ONS
Tokyo
Autralian
Caps Gumi
New Guinea
Washington
Wendell Willkie
Tom C. Clark
US shipyards build 65 aircraft carriers in 1943
New York AP reports American shipyards, operating at high speed, produced 65 aircraft carriers in 1943. James Forrestal, Undersecretary of the Navy, notes 27,000-ton Essex type carriers, nine 10,000-ton cruiser types, and 50 escort carriers joined the fleet. He stresses the Navy’s overwhelming sea power and questions how to use it after the war. He quotes Prime Minister Jan Smuts on peace without power.
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New York
James Forreats
Navy
Beekman
Atlantic
United States Navy
Forrental
Hietory x & x
Brautr
United States
Police Cases Decline Reported By City Authorities
City police logged 163 cases in December, up from 707 in November according to a report by Police Chief J. Trraughant and Commissioner Clyda L. Coe.
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Acme
J. Trraughant
Clyda L. Coe
Allies Press in Pacific Campaign on New Britain and Kavieng
Allied land and air units tightened pressure in the Southwest Pacific campaign to seize New Britain and strike at Kavieng New Ireland. U S Marines cleared Morgen Bay area while air forces targeted Ra baul and Japanese shipping along Timor and off Kavieng. American Mitchells and Australian Beauforts aided by Dutch crews damaged two Japanese cargos and a cruiser near New Ireland.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Land End
Sy Air
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Esamy
Morgen Bay
South Pacific
Rabaul
Cruseare
Kavieng
New Ireland
Ynemy
Timor
Australia
U. S. Bubmarius Pompano
BBC Tells Belgians To Await Invasion
London based BBC tells Belgians to remain in homes as Allied air forces target enemy communications. Roads must be avoided to prevent obstruction. Belgians are urged to dig trench lines and build dugout shelters for protection during the approaching invasion.
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BBC
London
United Nations High Command
Brish Broadcasting Company
Ruthieely
Gen Doolittle All Round Flier He’s Flown Em All
Major General James H. Doolittle stands as a intense presence in the aviation world. The article profiles his hands on leadership, swift speech, and habit of arriving early at engagements, noting his record flying every Army aircraft in recent decades and his readiness to meet deadlines and tough assignments.
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Hal Moyle
Mediterranean
James H
Jimmy) Doolittle
Army
Baldiah
Matinet
Deaire
Combat Air Mean
Soviets Drive Germans Back Toward Dniester
Soviet forces under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin advanced from Berdichev toward the Dniester, retaking Berdichev after a five day siege and pushing south to Vinnitsa and towns along the Warsaw Railway. German defenses fell back toward the prewar Polish border as the Red Army cut vital communications and threatened escape routes.
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NY Henry QQ
Casey
Moscow
Merstsi Frits Vo Maanstein
Pripet
Berdichsy
Zhitomir
Vom Mannestin
Osersk
Kowel
City
Pollak
Gondaitza
Novogorod Volymeki
Ubort
Mewes
Ewing H
Weregorod-Votynskl
Calé
Berdichev
Dalestar
Mogitor Polelski
Vinnitaa
Thmerinka
Odenss
Warsaw
Anches
Noth
Germany
Claper River
Vatutin
Ukraine
London Radio
3 Berlin
Lea
Dnieper
Election Officials Attend School On Voting Machines
About fifty to sixty election officers attended an instructional session at the county courthouse on handling voting machines for the Democratic primary in the Third Congressional District to fill the late Henry Breagel’s unexpired term. The Board of Registrars purges the list today and will meet for two weeks starting January 17 to register new voters. Probate Judge Secon Porner warned these are the most complicated machines and led two sessions at 10 am and 2 pm. Officers will be paid in addition to regular election fees, and polls in Houston County will stay open from 6 pm to 8 pm under the new act.
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Moon la Dothan
Henryb. Breagel
Board of Registrars
Secon .P. Porner
Houston
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