Germans Striking Near Strasbourg In Ardennes Battles
American and British forces pressed toward the western edge of the Belgian bulge as German armor and infantry backed by heavy forces contested positions around the Ardennes. Allied advances widened the gap, with St Hubert entered and Bastogne fronts seeing continued fighting, prisoners rising past thirty thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
PARIS
Third Army
Bastogne
Viandes
Luxembourg
Salm
von Rundstedt
Ardennes Bulge
Sixth
Alsace-Lorraine
Strasbourg
Supreme Headquarters
St. Hubert
Briteos
Champion
Houffalze
U. S. First
Alsace
Lorraine
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Oberheim
Herrlisheim
Rhine
Fis
Montgomery
Laroche-St. Hubert
Giill
Ourthe
Houffalo
Ardennes
World War II update from Indo-China to Luzon fronts
The Pacific theater reports carrier planes striking Japanese sea forces off Indo China as Sixth Army reaches Luzon toward Manila. In Europe, German forces retreat in the Belgian bulge while US Third Army presses the southern flank near Strasbourg. Eastern Front details Budapest squeeze and 16,000 Nazi deaths in ten days. Turkey allows aid via the Dardanelles and a truce begins in the Greek civil conflict to enable talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fress
Pacific
Indo-China
Sixth Army
Luzon
Manila
Belgian Bulge
Ourthe River
Third
Strasbourg
Strass
Budapest
Turkey
Les
Isla
Dardanelles
Ettec
Ent
Congress Talks Or Jail Terms For Non-Workers
Washington AP reports Congress debates penalties for men who refuse work or military service. Hearings continue next week before the House Military Committee led by Chairman May. AFL and CIO leaders are slated to testify as sentiment shifts toward fines and draft penalties over work-unit options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Abbrogast
Washington
May
D-Ky
House Miliary Committee
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
Principal Witness In Bribery Case Slain In Michigan
State Senator Warren G Hooper, key witness in a grand jury graft inquiry, was shot dead on a Jackson County road. Police and prosecutors pursued motives, with immunity claims and clues including spent bullet and snow tracks. Hooper had testified in cases against McKay, Fitzsimmons, and Green tied to a conspiracy to bribe legislators over a pari mutuel betting bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack I. Green
Lansing
Mich
Warren G Hooper
Jackson
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Grand Jury
Hooper
Springport
Jackson County
Sigler
Leland W. Carr
Harold Mulbar
Albion
William Hanson
State Police
State Senate
State House
Frank D. McKay
Grand Rapids
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Benton Harbor
William Green
Hillman
Greece ELAS, government reach truce ending civil war hostilities
A truce announced by Brivear Headquarters ends Greek civil war hostilities. ELAS will withdraw from designated areas including Athens and Cyclades, release military prisoners in exchange for British releases, and ships evacuations under British supervision. ELAS evacuees must retire from the Peloponnesus and Salonika areas by specified dates. Greek civilians detained by EAM remain outside the exchange. The pact follows two days of talks and was signed by Lt Gen Ronald M Scoobie and four ELAS delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Jefiwang Elas
Brivah Headquarers
ELAS
Ronald M. Scobie
Sporades
Euboea
Cyclades Islands
Byam
Gulf of Corinth
Peloponnesus
Zante Island
Peloponnesia
Salonika
Dardanelles Opened to Allied Shipping Reported
British quarters said Turkey granted permission to Allies to ship supplies to Russia via the Dardanelles. Informants said negotiations were through military channels amid Turkey cutting diplomatic ties with Japan. The Dardanelles would provide a direct route between the Mediterranean and Black Sea, supplementing routes via Murmansk and the Persian Gulf. Gen. Donald H. Connolly recalled as head of the Persian Gulf Command, with Brig. Gen. Donald P. Booth taking over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
Japan
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Strais
Arctic
Murmansk
Persian Gulf
United States
Donald H. Connolly
Donald P. Booth
Fifth Army raiders press into Italian front amid improving weather
American Fifth Army raiding parties probed deep into enemy lines as patrols intensified along the Reno River sector at the southern end of the Po to Adriatic front. Allied HQ reported strong fighter and fighter bomber activity over Northern Italy targeting communications stores and frontline installations despite poor weather. British and American light naval craft attacked an enemy convoy southeast of Genoa, hitting two lighters with torpedoes and probably a third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eighth Army
Reno
Comacchig Lagoon
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Genoa
Russians Repel Hun Efforts To Relieve Hungarian City
London AP reports Russian forces repelled German attempts to relieve the besieged city near Budapest while pushing into southern Poland toward Krakow. Baranow bridgehead established. fighting fierce as Russians reportedly near Silesia and Vienna region. German claims of heavy losses and stalled German offensives follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poland
Vistula
Baranow
Krakow
Warsaw
Silenia
Kieler
Tarnow
Warnaw
Warka
Berlin
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Austria
Vienna
Hrauxlasa
Income Tax Day for Fifteen Million People
AP report explains a January 15 deadline affecting about 15 million taxpayers, many filing final 1944 returns by Jan 15 or 38 and paying taxes due. It outlines who must act, including those with non-wage income, partial withholding, or high combined earnings, and notes amended or estimated payments may shift final tax totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hall Washington
Tris
Restrictions On Great Scale Ordered By WPB
The War Production Board ordered drastic new limits on civilian goods production to free metals for military use. The move suspends many consumer projects authorized under the spot reconversion plan, with WPB offices instructed to be careful approving new applications. Output will drop as labor and materials tighten, and the program largely sits on the shelf nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington API
War Production Board
Pew
Doller
Tpl
Devela
Patrolmen Witness Death By Automobile
In Americus Georgia highway patrolmen Jo Fo Murtefield and W T Beauchamp investigated complaints of motorists not stopping for a school bus. They followed the bus, saw it stop, and as children alighted a car struck nine year old Betty Huddle, killing her instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus Gaap
Jo Fo Murtefield
W T Beauchamp
Bne
Betty Huddleaton
Tremendous Air And Naval Fight Believed Raging
Reports from Pearl Harbor indicate a large air and naval engagement off Indo China as Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet and Japanese warships contest reinforcements bound for Luzon. Nimitz declined details, saying carrier aircraft are attacking the area near Baigon Camrank Bay while Nipponese broadcasts claim success against American planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickeon
Pearl Harbor
Japl
Shelyi
French Indo-China
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Smagh
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
French Indo- China
Saigon
Camranh Bay
Halaey
MacArthur
Camel News
Cochin-China
Baigon
Alne Ead
Fant Bight
Inda-Ching
Camrank Bay
Brosdcsat
Pealdes
Curb Market Sales Totaling $6624.89 Reported for Last Year
Moss Fran Madette county agent announced curb market sales in Houston County totaled 6624.89 for last year with July leading at 1100. Other monthly figures include January ? , February 372.67, March 200.71, April 730.65, May 585.30, June 50.82, August 761.77, September 468.94, October 344.75, November 327.10, and December 288.90. Twenty farm families sold fresh fruits vegetables meat and handmade items at the curb market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Ucloter
Woman Arrested On Federal Charges In New York
FBI agents arrested Ruth Kryger 22 of LaGrange Georgia and another woman on charges of unlawfully receiving army allotment checks from two soldier husbands. Kryger was arraigned before U.S Commissioner Isaac Platt and held on 503 bail for removal to Newnan Georgia. The arrest followed a federal warrant from Atlanta and Kryger waived examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Ahe
Newnan
U.S
Isaac Platt Andra Ruth Kryger
LaGrange
Atlanta
Kryger
E & Conroy
Lingayen Gulf push cuts Japanese lines in Luzon
Sixth Army invaders seize 16 miles of the San Pabian Mainz railroad and over 50 miles of road networks in northern Luzon as they press toward Manila. American air and ground forces crater Manila airfields and destroy bridges to disrupt enemy reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macathur
Luzon
Sixth Army
Lingayen Gulf
San Pabian-Mainz
Mande
Agno River
Manila
Blackfeld
San Fabian
Lingayen
Manoag
Sen Fabian
Pororme Bio
Ihere Yan
Baguio
Phiippines
Dagupan
Calanao
Bulog
Zan
Local Woman Fined For Rent Violation
F. Z. Doak of the OPA sea rent director announced Mrs. John A. Thompson of 210 South Forster Street was fined 215 for alleged rental ceiling violations before Judge C. B. Kennamer in Montgomery. An injunction barred further violations and Mrs. Thompson agreed to refund tenant Curts Hinson 107.50 and pay 15 to the U S Treasury. Doak noted other similar area overcharges and said investigations will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Z. Doak
OPA Sea
John A. Thompson
South Forter Street
C. B. Kennemer
U. S
Middle District of Alabama
Montgomery
Thompson
Dothan
Woodland Drive
Eagle
Kennamer
Mrs Thompson
Curts Hinson
U. S. Treasury
Doak
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