Americans land at Saidor New Guinea bases seized
Advancing allied forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered a third offensive strike in 18 days as American troops landed at Saidor New Guinea capturing the harbor and airfield. Japanese forces were pinched off as Australian troops pushed inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Saidor
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Michigan
Wisconsin
Madang
Finschhafen
Huon Peninsula
Martin
Slade N. Bradley
Wewak
War Today reports major Allied onslaught and Pacific invasions
The War Today describes the start of a decisive Allied European land offensive and Russian counterattacks from Stalingrad to the Polish border. It also details Pacific operations including the Saidor landing, Australian advances toward Madang, and previous invasions at Arawe and Cape Gloucester with Japanese casualties and retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Red
Stalingrad
Itler
Kiev
Russia
Thousand Mile Front
Dnieper
Vitebsk-Nevel
Pea
Battle for Rice Bowl costs near 100,000 in Han front
Chinese Army officials estimate that the campaign for the Rice Bowl from November 7 to mid-December caused about 100,000 killed and wounded on both sides. Chinese casualties were 54,000 with Japanese losses pegged at about three fourths of that total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunan
Trailer Fire Fatal To Two In Norfolk
A trailer fire at 8073 Chennut Drive in Lewis Park, Norfolk, killed Floyd E. Simpkins 50, and his wife 38. Lawrence M. Cox of Norfolk housing authority, operators of Lewis Park, said origin undetermined. Firemen from the Naval Operating Base extinguished the blaze after a neighbor rang in the alarm from Benmoreell Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Chennut Drive
Lewis Park
Floyd E. Simpkins
Simpkins
Lawrence M. Cox
Norfolk Housing Authority
Naval Operating Base
Simpkinses
Benmoreell Park
Hampton Boulevard
Destroyer Explosion Sinks Near Sandy Hook
An American destroyer exploded and sank about six miles northeast of Sandy Hook New Jersey. The navy reports the cause undetermined and 113 men injured with over 100 survivors landed. Rescue and salvage operations set, Fort Hancock and Fort Tilden coordinate aid as hospital plasma units are sent to the pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Yatal
Fort Hancock
Marine Hospital
Staten Island
Brook In
Queens
New Jersey
Sandy Hook
Rockaway Point
Long Island
New York Harbor
Fort Tilden
Jai Hancock
Sandy
Comptroller Orders National Bank Statements
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition statement of all national banks as of close of business December 31, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Nazi Bombers Hit Augusta Port in Sicily Raid
German high command announced that heavy bombers set fire to a medium freighter and hit supply depots and harbor installations in a Saturday night raid on Augusta, an Allied held port on Sicily's east coast, with no Allied confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Augusta
Sicily
Memoir Dreams in the Patrolled Italian Airbase
Joe Writes His Memoirs recalls the literary impulse among American airbase troops in Italy. Officers and enlisted men draft diaries and notes, some revealing emotion, others technical logs, as they witness upheaval in World War II.
Bulgarian Government Collapse Rumor Sweeps Sofia
Reports from Istanbul say Bulgaria cut off all communications as rumors spread that Premier Dobri Bosilov’s government collapsed and a regency regime led by Bogdan Philov Cyril and Queen Joanna struggles to form a new government after King Boris died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Instanbul
Turkey
Bulgaria
Dobri Bosilov
Bogdan Philov
Cyril
Joanna
Boris
Simeon III
Berlin bombed again in New Year air raid
RAF planes pressed the New Year assault on Berlin delivering a heavy strike amid ongoing fires from an earlier 1 000 ton raid. The air ministry said 28 aircraft were lost and targets included the Tempelhof Airdrome and the New Chancellery as Swedish reports called it Berlin's worst night since the November campaign.
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Air Ministry
Berlin
Mosequito
Germany
France
Vichy
Nice
Hitler
Tempelhof
U. S
Hamburg
Reich
Union Chiefs Seek Probe on Critic
Railroad union leaders plan to ask the Truman committee to investigate an anonymous high government official who warned that threats of steel and railroad strikes delayed victory over Germany. Union chiefs denounced the statement as cowardly and vowed to pursue the source and responsibility behind the remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman Committee
Germany
United States
Labor
Curley Indicted Again in War Contracts Ring Case
Representative James M. Curley of Massachusetts was indicted for a second time by a federal grand jury in Washington. The case centers on Engineers' Group Inc., a firm DOJ describes as a government war contracts brokerage racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James M. Curley
D-Mass
Engineers’ Group, Inc
Department of Justice
British Guns Within Range Of Pescara
Allied reports say heavy British Eighth Army guns near Pescara as Canadian troops advance toward Ortona. Fifth Army crossed the Garigliano to Castel Forte while Germans withstand with costly divisions. 74,000 tons of Mediterranean bombs in 1943 and Eisenhower’s farewell message to Mediterranean troops cap the update.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Rance
Pescara
Ortona
Adriatic
Italy
Fifth Army
Cassino
Rome
Garigiano River
Castel Forte
San Tommaso
Arielli
James
FDR Remains Sick and Uncertain on Message Delivery
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt still weakened by a cold with no fever but reduced strength. A decision on delivering the annual message to Congress in person, per his custom, rests entirely with his physician Admiral Ross T. McIntire and is expected within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rosenvelt
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Ross T. McIntire
Nazis Speak of Invasion as Troops Fill London Streets
Berlin broadcasts predict invasion by Allied forces in southern England citing political pressure and operational readiness. Reports note growing American and British troop presence in London and other ports, with emphasis on air and sea preparation and reinforced armor and air forces.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
London
Berlin
England
Moss
Wouth
United Ry
Office of War Information
Budapest
Aj Magyarsag
Europe
Employers Prepared For Marriage License Rush
Harrisburg, Pa. January 3 The Dauphin county courthouse prepared for an out of season marriage license rush. Walter M. Mumma register of wills announced he would leave office after four years. He paid $3,711 from his own pocket for servicemen wedding permits, including $2,374 in 1943 for 869 licenses. The license fee rose to $3 and parental consent costs $116 for 232 underage cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Walter M. Mumma
Register of Wills
Pennsylvania
Capitol Residents Renew Vote Privilege Demands
Washington residents press Congress to grant voting rights and local home rule. Debates center on Washington representation in Congress versus a municipal elected city manager. A McCarran bill proposes an elective council to replace presidential appointment of three commissioners. Referendum years ago showed strong support for local government change.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
National
Capitol
Senate District Committee
McCarran
D-New
United States
Troops Close On Border as Soviet Push Reaches Polish Frontier
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin advance toward Novograd Volynsk and Poyaski, within 10 to 15 miles of the old Polish frontier. Red Star reports heavy German counterattacks and captures of Markhlevsk and Vershnitsa, while vast stores of Nazi materiel and thousands of prisoners fall behind retreating lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Nikolai Vatutin
Novograd Volynsk
Zhitomir
Korosten
Moscow
London
Poyaski
Novograd Vynsk
Red Star
Red Army
Markhlevsk
Vershnitsa
Vatutin
Pripet
Novograd
Kiev
Tomir
Berdichev
Moscow Radio
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Stockholm
Kurt Zeitzler
Alfred Jodi
Adolf Hitler
13 Die When U S Bomber Crashes Near McClellan Field
A four motor Army Flying Fortress exploded midair near McClellan Field Sacramento killing 13 aboard. Survivor Major James H Wergen of Yucca gunnery school could not recall his parachute deployment and suffered injuries. The bomber based at Kingman Field Arizona reportedly was at mile high when it exploded and plunged to earth over McClellan Field. Most victims were residents of Washington and Oregon.
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Sacramento
Calif
McClellan Field
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
James H. Wergen
Salinas
Yucca
Ariz
Wergen
Kingman Field
James S. Randall
Laura S. Randall
Long St
Sylvania
and Corp
Lloyd W. Krohn
Elizabeth Krohn
Scanlon
Washington
Oregon
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Fuehrer
Ger
Col
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Hal V. Boyle
AEF
Muttres
Lou Harris
Flint
Mich
12Th Airforce Service Command
Harris
Pearl Harbor
RAF
Gladwin Hill
Italian Riviera
Fdr
Sora
Pelara
Viticuso
Donald Hyndman
U.S
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