Allied Air Strikes Sink Japanese Vessels at Rabaul
General MacArthur’s heavy bombers hit a Japanese naval concentration at Rabaul New Britain sinking or setting afire at least nine vessels totaling over 50 000 tons. Liberators and Fortresses scored direct hits on merchantmen and a destroyer. In New Guinea airfields at Lae Sola and Madang were attacked while ground forces closed in on Japanese remnants near Sananenda Merbourne. A massive Japanese convoy was described as the largest armada yet assembled for Bougainville operations, with three possible aims noted.
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Yates McDaniel
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Pacific
Failora
Portguese
Timor
Ld Biel
New Guinea
Lae
ANB
Solawidun
Madang
New Calnes
Salamaua
Sananenda
Merbourne
Japan
Bouktiwest Palfteia
Austlrasian
Tadiuy
Oyagahi
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Sana Aminds Point
New @uinew
RAF Bombers Raid Ruhr Start Big Fires Second Night
Jan 5 Lendon RAF bombers, including Britain’s highest, struck Germany’s Ruhr industrial region for the second night running. Explosives roared into targets and started fires that burned on after the raiders left. German radio reported casualties and damage to buildings in residential quarters.
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Lendon
ILAK
Britain
Germany
Ruhr
Petition of Touhy Denied in Chicago Court
In Chicago on January 5, Roger Touhy sought release by writ of habeas corpus after escaping Statesville prison. Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan rejected the petition, though Touhy’s lawyers planned a renewed effort next week. Touhy, five feet five inches, drew widespread attention during his brief Statesville breakout.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
Philip L. Sullivan
Statesville
Economy Theme Of Governor's Talk to Solons
Governor Sam C. Ford urged economy and a vast public works program in his biennial message to Montana's legislative assembly. He called for no new taxes, stressed cutting non essential expenditures, and requested reorganizing agencies to improve efficiency while maintaining state functions. The joint session briefed lawmakers and set plans for rapid committee appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Ford
Montana Legislative Assembly
House Senate
Aeeline
Rheax
O'Connor
Guy. Eaton
House
Senate
Montana
Ord
Nin
Chile to Break Relations With Axis Soon
A high foreign office source said Argentina was informed Chile would sever ties with the Axis Friday. Raul Morales, Chilean interior minister, arrived in Santiago after visits to the United States, Brazil and Argentina and meetings with presidents of the three nations. If Chile breaks relations, Argentina would be the only western hemisphere country maintaining normal Axis connections.
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Bwenog Alres
Jan
Chile
Axis
Raul Morales
Santiago
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Arsenting
Butter Manufacturers Ordered to Set Aside 30 Per Cent for War Needs
Secretary Wickard ordered creamery butter producers to reserve 30 percent of monthly output for direct war needs including military and lend lease beginning February 1. The food administrator extended a prior War Production Board order restricting citrus juices to war needs. Unconcentrated grapefruit juice cannot be sold during January February or March, though wholesalers and retailers may use existing stocks for civilian use later when fresh fruit is scarce.
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Washington
Axmoniture
Wickard
War Production Board
Trial of Kuhn Opens in Denaturalization Case Without Counsel
New York January 5 Frits Kuhn a 47 year old once leader of the German American band from Dannemora held without counsel in a denaturalization trial his case may lead to internment and deportation The judge allowed him to stay away but warned that a defense could aid the government in revoking his citizenship The government’s first witness described Nazi activities in the United States and meetings with Hitler salutes and Nazi flags displayed locally while flags of imperial Germany also appeared
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New York
Bright
Kulm
John Doe
Germany
Jlitler
Food Campaign to Be Launched By Pres. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt will launch the 1943 food production campaign with a January 12 radio talk designated as farm mobilization day. The Agriculture Department says the broadcast will stress food as a weapon of war and U S reliance on farmers for supplies. Leaders from the United Nations will speak from England and Washington, with an American farmer and a farm woman to speak from Chicago and London. Carole Landis and Captain Thomas C Wallace were married today.
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Waanington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
United Nations
England
Washington
Chicago
Five Towns In Don Loop Taken
Soviet announces capture of Tsimlyanosk Morozovskaya Nalchik Prokhiadnenski and Kotlaryevskaya as Red Army drives toward Rostov linking near Likhaya. Germans suffer heavy losses 11000+ killed in Caucasus fighting with equipment seized as withdrawal may begin.
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London
Red Army
Don River
Caucasus
Rostov
Russia
Tsimlyanosk
Morozovskaya
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Milterovo
Sea of Azov
Nalchik
Prokhiadnenski
Kotlaryevskaya
Northern Caucasus
Likhaya
Moscow-Rostov
Rostov Jar
Milevave
Tsimlyansk
Stalingrad-Tikhoretak
Casualties in War To Date Reach 61 126, OWI Reports
The Office of War Information reported a total war toll of 61 126 for American forces to date, an increase of 2 819 since the Pearl Harbor anniversary. The figure includes 58 581 killed, 7 389 wounded, 740 missing, and 2 466 taken prisoner or interned in occupied counties, covering Army Navy Philippine scouts and Merchant Marine. The Army totals 36 528 as of December 20, with the Navy at 20 254. Navy figures exclude prisoners of war.
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Washington
Jan
Office of War Information
Gorylies
Philippine Scouts
Merchant Marine
Army
OWT
Navy
German Ship Sent To Bottom In Bay of Biscay
Lonada January 5 1947 British authorities said Germany lost another blockade runner in the Bay of Biscay the fourth intercepted in five weeks The vessel carrying raw materials including ratline and rubber bound for Japan was sunk after failing to convoy materials The interceptions signal growing raw material shortages in the Reich and tighter air sea blockade
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Lonada
Germany
Great Britain
Bay of Biscay
Japan
Reich
General Giraud Reaches Dakar in French West Africa
General Henri Giraud, high commissioner in French North and West Africa, arrived at Dakar with a convoy of 25 planes. The Dakar radio, heard via FCC recording, reported crowds along the airport road shouting long live Giraud and long live France. He was directed by Gov Gen Pierre Boisson of French West Africa.
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New York
Henri Giraud
North and West Africa
Dakar
Federal Communications Commission
France
General Giraud
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Yankee Army Ready in North Africa
Allied Headquarters reports the U S Fifth Army activated with Lieut General Mark W Clark in command as part of assembling a major force for the Tunis and Bizerte attack. The move places American divisions with British forces under Gen. R A N Anderson in Tunisia amid renewed Allied operations near Sousse. The report notes a tank thrust by German forces near Foudouk, 50 miles south west of Sousse, as the front develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
United States Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Haseen
R. A. N. Anderson
Tunisia
Foudonk
Sousse
Brotherhood Week Message From President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt delivered a message on Brotherhood Week emphasizing the right of men to live together as one family and the duty to extend brotherhood worldwide. He urged unity among Christians and Jews and called for harmony within America as part of the 10th annual observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt Demayved
Lue Nadinnal Ganters
Brotherhood
Restaurant Blast Kills Eight in New York Town
Eight people die in an explosion at a small restaurant on the outskirts of Mis. northern New York town. Seven of the dead were night shift workers. Four others are injured, one seriously, as investigators seek the cause and extent of the blast.
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New York Town
Magseni
N. Y
Jan
Mis
New York
Rayburn vows Congress will not bow to bureaucrats
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Rayburn told the House Democratic caucus that Congress must reassert itself and resist executive overreach. He warned department heads are not elected and pledged to lead in curbing administration control as the 78th Congress convenes amid wartime unity and internal tensions. The session opens with Rayburn unanimously reelected as speaker and Democrats holding a solid majority.
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Washington
Rayburn
D. Texas
House Democrats
Congress
House Democratic Caucus
Fe Haare Hunt
Thace
Senate
State of the Union
Capitol Nol
Bureana
Taw Profession
Demowat
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
John W. McCormick
Massachusetts
House Republican Conference
Joseph W W. Martin, Jr
Magsachusotty
Tor Spaaker
Rayburns
Tas
Thary
Martin
Femer
Republican Nation Committee
Tith
Preservadiah
WPA to Liquidate Save Big Sum by July 1
Washington witnesses testified that the Works Progress Administration aims to liquidate most programs by May 1 and dissolve the agency by July 1. Deputy WPA Commissioner George Feld said about 280 million dollars remained unspent and 40 million dollars in equipment could transfer to other agencies or be sold. The committee heard that efforts would sharply reduce employment and close projects, with 455,000 workers remaining in December after earlier cuts.
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Washington
Dan
Hywidatier
Works Progress Administration
Senter McKellar
WIA
Roosevelt
George Feld
WPA
Eronomy
Vepl
Iby Domi Su
Frolom
Dr George Washington Carver Dies in Alabama
Dr George Washington Carver, noted African American leader and Tuskegee Institute faculty member since 1904, died in Tuskegee Alabama. Renowned for agricultural science work, he developed peanut products, crop improvements, and numerous inventions from the South’s red clay.
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G. W. Carver
Alabama
Taskegee
Ala
M. A
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Facherd
Negro Institute
Siner
Car
Eouth
Panic Fire Breaks Out At Chicago Bowling Alley
An explosion and fire at a far south side Chicago bowling alley injure more than 100 people. Mother Superior of Little Company of Mary Hospital says many arrive for treatment, with several firemen hurt when a wall collapses. A witness recalls a blast following a pit fire and rapid smoke, as patrons flee and a glass door shatters.
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Chicago
Mary Leo
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Tie Hospital
Frank A. Werner
Rock Island Railroad
Sori
Interpreting the War by JURKEL SIMSON
AP correspondent describes weather and military delays shaping Tunisia efforts. Citing rainy seasons and censorial limits, the report notes strategic pauses and shifts in Allied plans. Founders Higerty and Hughes referenced as framing context amid front observations.
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Iy Jurkel
Simson
Associated Press
Ted Bother
Africa
Ted
Tunisia
Thor
Hawks
Tanerdins
Bork
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Thomas C. Wallace
Pasadena
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Don Loop
Bing Crosby
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Weiner
Werner
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