Navy Citations Highlight Chapman in Battle of Atlantic
The tribute recalls Lieutenant Chapman’s precise gunfire directing during bombardments and engagements with enemy craft aboard US ships. It notes his leadership, calm demeanor, and decisive control of gunnery contributing to Allied advances and enemy weakenings. Mrs Chapman accompanied him home from New York after his Mediterranean service.
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United States
Coapman
Hole
U.S
Hilary P. Jones
Lieut
Chapman
le Aeuit
Naval Service
Chipenan
Marthe Palmer
Ligat
Caapenan Bomme
New York
Mediterranean
Air war updates and moves in Asia Pacific theaters
Reports describe a B 29 raid on a Japanese city with no fighters encountered and planes returning safely. Japanese detachments salvage gear as Philippines forts new army sites near Saigon. Carrier strikes hit Saigon Cholon area while Saigon serves as possible convoy assembly for forces to Formosa or Manchuria, with Burma advances threatening Indo China.
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Grover
Philippines
Saigon
Beners MacArthur
Asiatic
Giak
Formosa
Burma
Indo-China
Saipan
Manchuria
Chinaporta
Ielende
United States
Indio-China
Saison
Ching Coast
Voters Reminded to Pay Tax by February
Voters face a Feb 1 deadline to pay poll tax to be eligible this year. Tax collection last year was uneven with a slight shortfall in nonpayers. The Board of Registrars will remain in session four more days at the courthouse as registration closes Feb 3 and poll tax books close the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Gwey
Eset
Board of Registrars
Allied Fronts Inch Forward in Quiet Ardennes Front
Ruts and Rhineland remain unopposed on the east bank as the U S First Army nears the German border about a mile from the Ardennes advance. Third Army pushes toward the Reich and Siegfried Line with several divisions recapturing towns near Luxembourg. Allied air traffic shifts eastward from the Ruhr. Patton’s Third Army reaches the Our River border with Luxembourg. Strasbourg area sees limited contact as German resistance wanes. Weather remains severe along the Western Front.
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Tas Ruts
Rhineland
U. S. First Army
Ardennes
Rotheast
St Vith
Third Army
The
Reich
Siegfried Line
17Th Airborne Division
Ard
Ruhr
George 5. Patton
Our River
Luxembourg
Germany
Duchy’n Earl Tip
Lieler
Sth
Ith
Moselle
Butzdorf
Luxembourg City
U. S. Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Alsace
Riedwihr
Rhine
Colmar
Mulhouse
Second
Ninth
Tommies
Posterholt
Reutjen
Porselon
Miles C. Dempsey
Sittard
Aachen
Saigon attack claims and casualty figures reported
The enemy acknowledged some material damage in the Saigon raid. They said 20 dead and 200 wounded were counted at Cholon.
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Saigon
Cholon
Weather and War Front Shifts Across West and East Fronts
The piece analyzes weather conditions and military movement on the Western Front versus the Eastern front. It notes mud season delaying German as they shift troops, while Russian thaw and spring mud affect offensives. Analysts warn Germany cannot easily reposition divisions without risk as winter thaws set in.
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Poe
Martial Vous Rundstedt
Western Front
Weether
Lerien
Rhine
Gerwins
Uhere
Germany
Russians sweeping through Polish corridor and Silesia
Soviet forces crossed toward Poznan and by passed fortifications along a 125 mile front. Troops under Zhukov and Konev captured Sosnowiec and pressed on Breslau and Schwedt. Berlin reported heavy battles around Schneidemuhl and Danzig approaches while Stettin looms on the Baltic coast.
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Founique
Moscow
Berlin
Obra
Ffrontier
Brandenburg
Poznan
Suk
Buk
Heilch
Zbasyn
Gautheist
Chodziez
Kolmar
Schneidemuhl
Scheneidemuhl
Red Army
Schneidemuir
Baltic
German Pomerania
Stettin
Oder River
Milles
Rontier
Maostow
Berin
Gregory KE. Zhukov
Torun
K. Hokossovsky
Danzig
Marienburg
Nogat
Ukraine
Dabrawa
Poland
Sosnowiec
Polish Silesia
Silesia
Ulage
Notec
Berlin in the Boiling War Drift and Evacuation
Travelers report Berlin’s mood shifting as censorship relaxes and propaganda stiffens. Evacuation of women and children begins amid a rail and housing shortage. Goebbels’ machine inflates Allied threats while German leaders split on a path forward. Berlin’s defenses grow as refugees flow in and factories see little movement.
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Marse
Karl von Rundstedt
Berks
Tien
Jumch
Koelsische:Cologies Zeitung
Germany
Adolf Hider
Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Propagands
Goebbels
Berlin
Aftonbladets
Vollsturm
Home Guard
State committees return to capital after week away
Costinued text notes a plan to allow an officeholder including the Governor to succeed himself. It calls for a 50 50 state income tax distribution between schools and counties. The Agriculture Industries and Highway Aviation Committees resume Tuesday with welfare officials after a week away. Finance Constitution and Government bodies are in recess until Feb 6.
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Agriculture Industries Ands Highway Aviation Committees
Welfare Group
Lgpse
Continged From Page One War Text On POW Treatment
A discussion on prisoners of war cites Geneva Convention protections and limits on Allied retaliation. It notes that surrendered German individuals not tied to war crimes should not be held responsible, echoes President Roosevelt's aim for German peop le to have normal peaceful development within a European nation family.
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Roosevelt
16 Continental From Page One gold cases
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor led the 101st Airborne and Lt. Sherman Hoyt’s Civil Affairs detachment tried to stop the misconduct cited by Jacqmain. He lamented the incidents while praising American heroism and noted fears of a German frontier along a 25 mile arc. Moscow reported heavy Russian losses as Zhukov’s veterans struck Schneidemuhl near the Oder, with tanks advancing through snow before a halted assault.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
101St Airborne Division
Sherman Hoyt
Cooperstown
Jacqmain
Lezno
Zbaszyn
Schneidemuhl
Moscow
Zhukov
Berlin
Oder
Baltic
Stettin
Anid
Village official appeals for repairs and supplies
A village leader urges cooperation to rebuild and aid the needy. He calls for two or three rueas, bedding material with wine to patch up houses so families can leave cellars. Also requests animal feed and line for sewer purposes. Jean Veroux, commissaire of the Arondissement of Basiogut.
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Ceilers
Jean Veroux
Basiogut
Will Convene Monday And Other Proceedings
The notice outlines scheduled Monday proceedings connected to Hocten Comey erenes and related actions. It mentions adoption of Bas togne pending measurement of steele and potential court orders. Caseload hints show multiple offenses and investigations across varied cases.
Untitled fragment on textile prep and finishing techniques
A fragmented note describes bowls and mixing sponge beaters, mentioning a souk and cash, Glen, and a method to prevent efflorescence. It notes hardening tether, shine removal by warm iron and cloth, and dipping in water with vinegar. A vague reference to sanding with fine sandpaper appears.
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Glen
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