Soviets Close In On Vital Rail Hub
Soviet forces push through heavy snow aiming at the crucial rail hub of Zhlobin with advancing troops from two directions. Rail and communications lines to Gomel and Leningrad Odessa corridor appear threatened as momentum continues.
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London
Zhlobin
Gomel- and
Dnieper River
Kremenchug
Land
Cherkasy
Kiev Bulge
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Berlin
War Today: European and Asiatic political upheaval after victory
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie surveys postwar Europe and the Orient as Germany and Japan are defeated. He warns of civil conflicts in Yugoslavia Greece Bulgaria Romania Hungary and the Levant with France and Italy looming. In the Soviet theater heavy fighting and Soviet advances press toward Zhlobin Novo-Georgievsk and Znamenka while Berlin reports no major clashes in the Kiev area.
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Brotherhood of Man
Germany
Europe
Orient
Asia
Yugoslavia
Drug Tito
Draja Mihailovitch
Vome
Peter
Greece
Elas
France
Reich
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pope Reelected President of Citizens Group
The North Carolina Citizens Association reelected R. L. Pope of Thomasville as president at its annual Raleigh meeting. Lloyd Griffin of Raleigh was kept as executive vice president and secretary. Governor J. M. Broughton praised the group but urged prudent limits on future activity. Katherine Hill McKay of maxon won the state wide essay contest on local government and received a 25 dollar war bond.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Citizens Association
R. L. Pope
Thomasville
Lloyd Griffin
J. M. Broughton
Katherine Hill McKay
Maxon
Association
Fifth Army Drives Wedge into Nazi Lines Near Rome
Allied lines report Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army breaking through defenses after heavy artillery and air bombardment. The advance pushes two miles along the Via Casilina toward Rome with gains around Mignano and Calabritto. British Eighth Army nears San Vito and towns along the Sangro ridge as the push continues.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Via Casilina
Rome
Calabritto
Mignano
Adriatic
Eighth Army
San Vito
Pescara
Lanciano
Treglio Orsogna
Casoli
Sangro
Orsogna
Cassino
Camino
Maggiore
Saidn
RAF
No Report Expected Soon On Teheran Conference
White House secretary Stephen T. Early said no announcement on the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Teheran war conference was expected soon. Elmer Davis questioned Moscow’s claim that the big three met without simultaneous disclosures, but Early said there was no official information.
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Washington
White House
Stephen T. Early
Teheran
Elmer Davis
Office of War Iformation
Moscow
Early
Davis
State Department
War Bond Campaign Leaders Open Meet
War bond campaign leaders from ten states opened a regional conference in Memphis to plan the fourth war loan drive starting January 18. Ted R. Gamble of Washington the Treasury department's war finance division was to address the meeting. Participants included leaders from Florida Georgia Mississippi Louisiana North and South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Arkansas and Virginia.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ted R. Gamble
Washington
War Finance Division
Treasury Department
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Virginia
RAF Switch Tricks Nazi Air Forces
RAF Bomber Command staged a night raid on Berlin and Leipzig drawing off German fighters to attack the main strike and then hitting Leipzig's industry rail yards while other RAF aircraft mined ships. Berlin suffered further damage as bakeries, Funkhaus, and Alexander Platz were reported destroyed. the raid reduced Berlin’s evening hours and shifted daily routines.
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London
RAF Bomber Command
Berlin
Leipzig
Batle
Blockbust Saat
Lin
Leizig
Air Ministry
Regensburg
Kassel
Magdeburg
Funkhaus
Broadcasting House
Stockholm
Charlottenburg
West
Alexander Platz
Slavs Form Provisional Government In Yugoslavia
A provisional government led by civilian head Ivan Ribar was formed to rule liberated Yugoslav areas. Gen Josip Broz Tito was named marshal and head of national defense. Delegates also named three vice presidents and appointed ministers and defense officials as fighting continued against German forces in western Croatia.
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London
National Liberation Authority
Free Yugoslav Radio
Ivan Ribar
Belgrade
Josip Broz (Tito
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Committee For National Defense
Mosa Pijde
Ivan Augustincic
Josip Rus
Petrinja
Croatia
Australians Press Huon Peninsula Drive Against Japanese
Australian forces push toward Wareo and Kuanko on the Huon peninsula in New Guinea as campaigns intensify. MacArthur reports artillery support and sustained air strikes by Mitchells Marauders and other bombers against supply hubs near Kamlagidu and Boragen Bay, with heavy activity across Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay.
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Asahel Bush
Southwest
Kuanko
Wareo
Sattelberg
Benga
Finschhafen
Douglas MacArthur
Empress Augusta Bay
Kara Field
Bouganville
Ballale
Bougainville
Allies Raid Hongkong Hits Key Docks and Railways
Allied air forces under Lt Gen Stilwell attacked Kowloon and Taikoo docks in Hongkong area. The strike damaged a 4000 ton freighter and rail facilities while fires erupted on Kowloon mainland. One Japanese Zero was shot down and 90 percent of bombs hit target zones.
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Chungking
Hongkong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kowloon
Mitchell
14Th Airforce
Taikoo
China
Dongmn
Indo-China
Strike vote rescinded by Atlanta trolley workers
Atlanta trolley and bus operators who ten days ago voted to strike on December 24 unless the War Labor Board reconsidered its disapproval of a contract wage increase have decided to rescind their action.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Trolley
War Labor Board
WLB
New Island Assault Methods Imagined From Tarawa Lessons
Washington observers say Tarawa lessons could force new assault techniques for Pacific island battles. Heavy losses were incurred to take Betio on a mile square, with 2,900 tons of explosives and 1,026 U.S. deaths amid strong Japanese fortifications.
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Elton
Fay Washington
Pacific
Tarawa
Gilbert Island
Betio Island
Japs Claim Changteh Occupied After Heavy Fights
Tokyo radio says Japanese troops completed the occupation of Changteh in Hunan Province after a week of bitter fighting. The broadcast reported heavy losses for Chinese defenders but noted strong resistance. A Japanese commander praised the enemy's stubborn defense. Chinese communique denied the fall and said heavy street fighting continued.
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Tokyo Radio
Changteh
Hunan
Associated Press
Shanghai
Changsha
Big Three Hold Tehran Talks Signal Global War Moves
Washington reports the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting completed at Teheran and a joint declaration to outline military and political decisions. Observers expect a major invasion plan for western Europe and intensified Russian operations as Allied forces push through central Italy.
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Washington
Pres Roosevelt
Ministe
Churchill
Moscow
Teheran
Eur
Man Connally
D-Tex
Ate
Russia
Europe
St Lin
Channel
France
Belgium
George C. Marshall
England
High Command
East Front
High
Britain
Roosevelt
Italy
Hitler
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Constantine Rokossovsky
Gomel
Sversen
Dovsk
Soltanovka
Staraya Rudnya
Novo-Georgievsk
Cher Salient
Koristovka
Znamenka
Klochkovo
Red Army
Dnieper
Pope
Citizens Group
Robert Sturdevant
Huon Peninsula
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Marine Corps
Jim Lucas
Lucas
Gary Knox
Gilbert Islands
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Roup
The
Alberts
Marshalls
Reds
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