Patton's Third Army Advances as Allies Press On
U S troops under Gen George Patton push through the Rhine front into northern Alsace with continuing pressure on German lines. Allied forces gain ground near Strasbourg and in Luxembourg while British units advance from the Roer region. The German response combines reinforcements and counterattacks as weather and terrain complicate operations.
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James M. Long
Paris
Rhine
Sirassoug
Alsace
U. S. 7Th Army
Maginot Line
Supreme Headquarters
Strasbourg
Karlsruhe
Luxembourg
George Patton
Brier
Third Amy
Hongen
Germmany
Dutch Panhandle
Maas
Meuse
Roer
Bulge
St. Vith
U.S. First Army
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Eifel
Ardennes
France
Herrisheim
Seéssenehim
Auenheim
Leuterheim
Hatten
Rundstedt
Holland
Germany
Ardennes Bulge
Wiltz
Wallendorf
Second Army
Arml
Dusseldorf
Geilenkirchen
Tand
World War II Fronts Report Broad Allied Progress
The World Today reports Western Front advances with British troops in Germany and U S Third Army actions across the Bure River into Luxembourg, plus Herrlisheim and Sesim near Strasbourg. On the Russian Front the Red Army presses toward East Prussia and Silesia, while Italy sees a small bridgehead northeast of Aenza. In the Pacific, Americans reach Urdaneta and push along the Luzon highway toward Manila.
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Associated Press
Hongen
Germany
U.S
Bure
Luxembourg
Herrlisheim
Sesim
Strasbourg
Hatten
Red Army
Poland
Pittsburgh
Silesia
East Prussia
Aenza
Pacific Front
Amerime
Urdaneta
Manila
Paniqui
Legislature Sets Study Of Petroleum Industry In Alabama
Alabama lawmakers announce a special study of oil and gas regulation practices in nearby states through the interim committee on agriculture and industries. Sen Orlan Hill and Rep Thomas Johnston will lead the inquiry with Gov Sparks backing.
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Orlan B
Hill
Florence
Thomas A. Johnston
Mobile
W. W. Garrett
Agriculture Industries Body
Tram Sessions
Agriculture Committee
Ben C. Morgan
Committee On
Leo Thompson
Clanton
Chicago
Commerce Chamber Formulating Plans for 1945
Directors of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce met with president J. H. Bryson to set plans for 1945. Proposals were reviewed and committees appointed to study them, with announcements to come at the annual banquet Tuesday night. Bryson urged action with discussion to ensure plans materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Bryson
Bryson
Woman Deaf Mute Is Given Release
A 23 year old deaf mute woman named Paula Stacker of Lorenzo Texas was arrested by City police on a minor hitchhiking charge while traveling through Dothan. She was released from county jail after the charge was dropped. Stacker said she works as a waitress and reads lips to take orders.
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Dothan
Paula Stacker
Lorenzo
Tex
Thomasville
Finney General Hospital
Stettinius to join Roosevelt at wartime leaders’ talks
Secretary of State Stettinius announced he would accompany President Roosevelt to the meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin. He also said he would attend the Mexico City conference set for February 15 but possibly delayed to February 21. He declined to discuss further details.
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Washington
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Mexico City
Spokane Burglar Was Too Modest
A garbled police blotter item notes a Spokane burglar with prior records, where authorities questioned the suspect about past offenses and sentencing. The fragment hints at modesty or restraint in admitting prior crimes and emphasizes a probing, cautious legal process.
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Spokane
Nurse draft urged as Army faces nurse shortage
The Army Surgeon General testified before the House Military Committee that nurse shortages, amid a 270 percent rise in battle casualty patients and hospital admissions from 260000 to 450000, require immediate Selective Service drafting of nurses. He cited 42000 nurses in service, needing 60000, and emphasized overseas staffing with 60 percent abroad. The testimony supported Roosevelt's proposed nurse draft and work-or-be drafted measures, while committee debates and amendments continued on related legislation.
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Washington
Army
Norman T. Kirk
House
Miitary Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Kirk
Bork
United States
May
D-Ky
Rooosevelt
Stewart D-Oklar
Marvin Jones
Tydings
Fats and Oils Frozen By OPA Until Monday
Washington AP report says the Office of Price Administration froze retail sales of lard shortening and salad oils until Monday to curb runs on limited stocks as rationing steps are prepared. Consumers face two red points per pound once the freeze ends. The measure aligns with a War Food Administration directive to begin rationing these staples.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Industrial Centers Smashed By Yank Superfortresses
A government official said 16 000 troops from the Army and Navy have shifted to essential war production, filling labor gaps in tires copper and foundry work. Roosevelt urged quick action on a draft bill to compel essential workers, while 300 000 more munitions workers are seen as needed.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Army
Navy
Congress
Roosevelt
George C Marshall
Ernest J. King
Honshu Attacked Kobe Reported Hit in Raid
Washington reports daylight attack by B 29s on Kobe and Osaka industrial targets in Honshu. General Arnold confirms 21st Bomber Command strike from the Marianas, with Kobe mentioned as the target and some damage admitted. Tokyo radio notes patrols over Kobe Osaka.
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Washington
Japan
Honshu
Tokyo
Kobe
HH Arnield
20Th Air Force
Haywood S. Hanselis
Marianas
War Department
Tokyo Radio
Osaka
Targe
2Th Air Force
Aeroral
Omura
Nagoya
Hoover Warns Of Three Saboteurs
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned of three Naz espionage agents believed to be entering the United States. He linked them to overseas training with Erich Gimpel and William Colepaugh, arrested last month after allegedly landing on the Maine coast from a submarine in November. He urged citizens to report any suspicious persons to the nearest FBI office. The three men were identified as Max Christian Johannes Schneemann and Hanz Rueten te, former residents of Pereira Colombia.
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Washington
FST
J. Edgar Hoover
Naz
United States
Hoover
Erich Gimpel
William C. Colepaugh
FBI
New York
Mainel
Max Christian Johannes Schneemann
Pereira
Colombia
South America
Hanz Rue
City Committee Plans Meeting To Set Primary Date
The City Democratic Executive Committee will meet next week at Smith Hall to set the date for a city primary nominating a commissioner for a three year term beginning in October. Acting secretary Smith Hall noted resignations and possible action on Real’s departure. The group may settle on a March or April primary. last year’s primary was March 21. Incumbent Miles A Miller has not announced re election plans, with sources indicating potential opposition if he runs.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Smith Hall
Smith Dean
Real
Miles A Miller
Miller
Bevan Attacks Churchill Over Facts In Commons
James F. King reports Bevan accuses Prime Minister Churchill of distorting facts and having the worst record of interfering in others affairs during a Commons speech. Bevan blasts secret commitments linked to the Greek crisis as the coalition government faces a Greek policy showdown amid hopes for a Big Three accord. Foreign Secretary Eden says Britain seeks better international cooperation and to review machinery, with a white paper on guerrilla warfare in Greece in preparation.
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James F. King
London
vAhy
Laboriye
Aneunn
Bevan
Churchill
House of Commons
Commons
Greece
Labor Party
Britain
Anthony Eden
Perley
Roosevelt
Stalin
American Warplanes Supporting Advance Across Luzon
American mobile guns mortars and armor smashed a concealed Japanese tank and artillery concentration in a 24 hour fight at Urdaneta and Gen Douglas MacArthur's northern flank opened the Manila road to U.S. forces. An American column captured Panique road and rail junction, advancing toward Tarlac, while another force moved on toward Tarlac from Camilin. Air support came from Lingayen as Formosa warned of intensified raids.
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C. Yates McDaniel Generaj
MacArthur
Luzon
Urdaneta
Douglas MaccArthur
Manils-Baguis
Paniqui
Tarlac
Manila
Camilin
Lingayen
Formosa
China Coast
Sald
Citizens Of Warsaw Exiled By Germans, Capital In Ruins
Soviet Russia's top war correspondent reports Germans exiled every living resident of Warsaw before retreating, leaving a city described as a wasteland with landmarks such as the Royal Castle and presidential palaces destroyed. Polish authorities begin setting up offices in Lubin as officials assess the ruined capital.
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Warsaw
London
Russia
Ited
Maksienko
Communist Party
Moscow
Edhy Gilmore
Moscow Cav
Poland
Lublin
Radio Station WAGF Joins Mutual Network System
WAGF in Dothan has been granted unlimited time and will join the Mutual Broadcasting System. Network service is expected to begin after technical trials. WAGF will also begin mock operations. The station, established in 1914, increased power in 1948 to 725 watts and operates on 14 kilocycles, serving the Wiregrass area.
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Dethan
WAGH
Federal Communications Commission
Montoal Broadcasting System
Officialx
WAGF
Netework Jt
Dothan
Roosevelt Aims for Very Short Inaugural Address
Washington AP recounts President Roosevelt planning a brief 12 to 25 word inaugural address amid wartime. Ceremony set noon tomorrow with abbreviated rites, limited seating, 6,000 observers, and a radio brief for global listeners in English French Portuguese and Spanish.
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Douglas B. Cornelis
Washington
White House
Roosevelt Mastiff Still In Limelight
Washington AP reports a dog named Roosevelt, with Air Transport Command priority, diverted a cargo plane to accommodate high freight while three servicemen were removed. Rep Miller seeks a full War Department report on who ordered the priority and why, after Maj Gen George called the action an error of judgment.
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Washington
Who Am
Elliott Roosevelt
Miller
Calil
Seaman Eon LeRoy
Antioch
Congress
Stamson
Air Transport Command
ATC
Harold L. George
Poland's Second Largest City Falls To Russia
Berlin and Moscow dispatches report Russian forces driving toward Lodz and Budapest with German positions collapsing along the Polish and Hungarian fronts. Soviet troops near Krakow and Lodz, while Berlin signals a potential withdrawal to Reich borders.
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London
Lodz
Poland
Budapest
Berlin
Bedepest
Danube
Moscow
Pest
High Command
Buda
West Bank
Macow
Passanera
Warsaw
Lodzia
Gregory Zhukov
Konstantin Rokossovesky
Cossecka
Elterian
Red
Reichs Border
Krakow
Czestochowa
Kutno
Vistula
Reich
Silesian
East Prussia
Ernst von Hammer
Umsahed
Germany
Slecha
Brepina
Germen
Vistula River
Balce
Stalin
Ivan &. Konev
Ukraine
Piotrkow
Gregory K
Sochaczew
Lowicz
Ix. K. Rokossovaky
Prznanysz
Konnigaberg
Drogiszka
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Kielce
Tarcow
Cnet
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