Patton's Third Gains Ground in Push to Reich
Allied forces of the U S Third Army reached the German frontier at five points, with Germans retreating behind barriers toward Germany. Washington reports three Allied armies poised on river banks to the Reich as Ninth Army and British Second Army approach the Roer and adjacent rivers. French and Luxembourg fronts show limited resistance while Strasbourg area patrols continue amid snow. Seventh Army activity is minimal as forces mop up near Schillersdorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sennedy
Gerveuz
Luxembourg
Ammy
St. Vith
Gar
Witte
Weller
Strasbourg
U. S. Seventh Army
Schillersdorf
Moder
Alsace
U. S. Ninth Agi
Roer
Far Eastern Air Force
Corregidor
Fortress Rock
Manila Bay
Baguio
Agat
Rosario
Esperanza
McKellar Leads Opposition to Wallace Cabinet Nomination
Senator McKellar and Byrd Bailey and others map strategy to defeat Henry A. Wallace as Secretary of Commerce after the nomination faced a 14 to 5 Senate Commerce Committee vote. The Proceedings tied to related bills and possible delaying actions hinge on a broader federal lending agency reform bill and Republican support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
McKellar
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Byrd
D.-Va
Bailey
D.N.C
Taft R.ohio
Congress
Commerce Department
Senate Commerce Committee
George
D.-Ga
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wallace Nominaton
Bridges
R.-N.h
Culeily
Berator Pepper
D.-Fir
Government Loses Struggle Over Ward Company Suit
CHICAGO AP The government loses its suit against Montgomery Ward and Company as Federal Judge Sullivan rules President Roosevelt had no authority to order army seizure of Ward properties. Stay keeps army control during appeal. Ward calls it a great day for labor while mixed Congress reactions follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wand
War Labor Board
WLB
Congress
William H. Davis
Washinton
War Lear Board
Dee
New York Stock Exchange
Ward
Joseph W. Byron
Ward's
Chicago
Detroit
St. Paul
Denver
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Calif
Jamaica
N. Y
Sullivan
Chapman Given Bronze Star for WWII Gunnery Officer Service
Lieut. Charles Chapman Jr. just back from over a year in the Mediterranean is awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement as gunnery officer of the destroyer USS Hilary P. Jones in operations off the France Italian Riviera from Sept 7 to Sept 30, 1944. The citation accompanies the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chapman, Jr
Mediterranean
Gunnnery
Hilary P. Jones
France
Rivera
Patrols Arrive Near Angeles as U S Forces Press
Reports from Luzon say General MacArthur's headquarters indicates the 8th and 14th Army Corps moved into Angeles, about 40 miles from Manila, while efforts to clear harassing enemy positions continue in the surrounding hills near Clark Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Luzon
14Th Army Corps
Angeles
Manila
Clark Field
Patt
Germans May Wait On Final Blow Choice In War
Allied dispatch notes the German High Command may still choose which foe delivers the final strike. Observers say the Wehrmacht could mass enough forces on one front to halt an offensive briefly. Eastward Russian advances threaten Berlin with no strong Rhine barrier to block them. The Luftwaffe and ground reserves have shifted east, foreshadowing a pivotal showdown between Oder and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Wehrmacht
Volksgrenadier
Volksturm
Ardernnes
Berlin
Rhine
Oder River
Alabama Solons Square Off For Major Imbroglios
Alabama lawmakers fought over sweeping reform measures in a midtier committee session. The bout focused on scrapping the merit system for patronage, reapportionment, and a broad government reorganization proposal from the University of Alabama public administration bureau. The panel halted action on several plans while signaling possible veto risk from Gov. Chauncey Sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kek Thomas Montgomery
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Committee On Constitution and Legislative Procedure
E. C. Boswell
Geneva
Uttle
Commiltee
Public Administration Bureau
University of Alabama
Secretary of State
Finance Department
American broadcast calls for surrender in Europe
The Associated Press reports an OWI broadcast in Europe urging German soldiers to surrender unconditionally. The message clarifies that unconditional surrender does not imply arbitrary treatment and states there will be no promises or negotiations with the Nazis. The broadcast also explains what surrender does not mean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Europe
U. S
OWI
Germany
Wurrender
Superforts Strike Tokyo Saigon In Widespread Air Raid
US B-29s from Saipan hit a Tokyo defensive industrial target while another force from India flew 3200 miles to strike Saigon Indo China. The 20th Air Force described the mission as a seventh mass attack on Tokyo with moderate to heavy opposition and moderate anti aircraft fire. Saigon saw a different scene as the port faced a separate air strike amid unclear losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tokyo
Saigon
Saipan
Tokyo Sea
India
Vern Haugland
2St Bomber Command
Guam
20Th Air Force
Indo-China
John Grover
Associated Press
Naval Manpower Uses Under Scrutiny by House Group
The House Naval Affairs Committee opened a nationwide probe into how the Navy uses its hundreds of thousands of civilian workers. Chairman Vinson said the staff will examine absenteeism labor hoarding looting and draft evasion in Navy yards and plants at all installations. The inquiry follows Senate concerns about Norfolk Navy Yard staffing and aims to ensure efficient economical manpower during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AY Howard Flieger
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex. Wil
Navy
Vinson
Mead
D.-N.y
Senate War Investigating Committee
Norfolk Navy Yard
E House
Navy, Army and
Administration
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
American Soldiers Loot Bastogne Prompt Bedrock Critique
Bastogne's burgomaster reports U S troops loot civilian homes, stores, and coffins amid shortages. Premier Pierlot and local officials confront the loss of prestige as villagers describe missing blankets, stoves, mattresses, food, and watches, reflecting wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pugh Moore
Bastogne
Belgium
The
Vilage
Leon Jacqmain
Hubert Pierlot
Pieriot
Jacqmain
Streezing Bastogne
United States
Travel in a Time of War: German Civil War Inevitable
Stockholm AP reports neutrals in Germany anxiously anticipate a civil war amid fear of an American British thrust into the Ruhr and Upper Silesia. Observers say loss of either industrial region could end the war, as Germans closely watch Siegfried Line progress and battlefield reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Nexis
Ruhr
Silesia
Intrieate
Siegfried Line
Jusch
Army-Navy Award To Be Presented To Dorsey Trailers
ELBA. Dorsey Trailers, which supplied Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard with trailers for theaters of war, will receive the Army Navy E award at ceremonies Friday. C E Dorsey Sr and C E Dorsey Jr, partners, will be honored as Col J D McInlyre presents the E pennant. W W Hearth er of the Navy will present the E pins to M Wright, the sales manager, at the event marking the opening of the new plant designed for assembly line trailer production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Dorsey, Sr
J.D. McInlyre
War Department
Dorsey Company
E” Prunant
Alabama
Mort
Oll
A Nor
Lambert In Hospital With Pistol Wound
Henry Lambert a Dotan man was hospitalized yesterday with a bullet wound to the head in a potential self harm incident at his home 15 Rilleaud Avenue Sheriff Farmer said the bullet entered the right side and exited the left side after ricocheting off a wall Lambert was found by his mother around 4 o clock lying face down on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lambert
Wm & Hospital
Rilleaud Avenue
Lambert
S. B. Gellerstedt Missing In Action
Private first class EO Geller stedt now of Mrs SE Gellerstedt Dothan is missing in action in Belgium. War Department notified his mother. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps two years ago, became a paratrooper trained at Fort Benning and Bragg. He was a Riverside Mining Academy student when he enlisted. He went over a cannonet in September with paratroopers attached to infantry after the German breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clas
EO Gellerstedt
N.weleen
SE. Gellerstedt
Dothan
Belgium
War Department
Gellerstedt
Dathan City
Comminston
Army Air Corps Iwo
Fort Benning
Bert Bragg
Riverside Mininng Academy
James V Johnston Becomes Name In Fighting Annals
Captain James V Johnston from Portland Oregon rose to fame on the western front. In six weeks he earned a battalion command on three days and led multiple assault missions earning a reputation for fearless hip fire and resourceful use of weapons. A 1939 Oregon State College graduate, he served in the 15th Infantry and with amphibious, air force, and Fort Benning units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Cauley
James ¥. Johnston
Loys Melnawh
Ly H. Melnish
Dothan
Germany
Pix Utfila
Portland
Ore
Johnston
James V. Johnston
MN. E
28Th Avenue
Jonnxton
Oregon State College
15Th Infantry Regiment
Amphibian Command Army Air Force
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Fort Benning
Russians Advance Toward Berlin From Frontier Reach
Russians drove toward Berlin as the Red Army approached the Brandenburg frontier and pressed into Schneidemuhl near the German fortress. Soviet columns struck along a broad arc toward the Reich capital, while other armies penetrated East Prussia and pushed toward Rominten and Neuhof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kashichee
London
Red Army
Brandenburg
Berlin
Pman
Schneidemuhl
Germany
Reich
Geremany
American Superforts Bomb Saigon in Major raid
American B 29 bombers, led by Maj. Marvin W. Goodwyn, struck Saigon with multi ton payloads in a surprise raid that targeted military objectives and airfields around the city. Capt. R J Seeback reported seeing bombs dropped along the waterfront while Japanese resistance was light. The operation marked the first substantial strike on Saigon by American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Groveriperfortrester
Sutaraay
Saigon
Indotoma
R. J. Seeback
Minn
Ie Bork Petern
Stoud
Marvin W. Goodwyn
Beasemer
Ala
Herschell Hubbard
Rockeville
Ind
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City OF Angeles
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House of Representatives
Szturdsy
Ronnald Kolso
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Federal
Commaniestross Commission
House of Peers
Demel
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ryukyu Islands
Formosa
Camp One
San Manuel
First Corps
Solons
Honshu
Henry Wallace
Furie Eice
Henry A Wallace
Beocng
NEA Telephoto
Army-Navy
Dorsey
S. B. Gellerstedt
James V Johnston
Moscow
Buber
Maschza Lake
East Prussia
Ronigteberg
Neuhouse
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Fialhon
Tan Nhut
Bien Hoa
Thu Dan
Cotlei
Tradiea Tn Railroni Arealag
20Th Bomber Command
Roger MM. Ramay
Washington, D. C
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