American Bombers Raid Pas de Calais and Berlin Damage Reports
United States Marauder bombers with RAF and Allied escorts attacked Pas de Calais targets for rocket gun emplacements while Mosquito raids on western Germany continued without loss. Berlin suffered fires from prior strikes as RAF and Allied fighters conducted patrols and bombings. two enemy aircraft were shot down and seven Allied planes missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
London
United States
Pas de Calais
Germany
RAF
Dominion
Oslo
English Channel
Air Ministry
Berlin
Irom
Sweden
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Great Templehof ‘i
Allied
France
Allies Form Invasion War Council In London
London reports indicate a master invasion plan is ready and a start date to be set. Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery has arrived, with Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory and Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz in England as Allied leaders convene to finalize the assault on fortress Europe. Montgomery praised his troops and warned movement remains active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Allied
Fortress
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Trafford Leigh-Malory
Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
England
Montgomery
Italy
Eighth Army
Eighth
Messina Strait
Bari
Adriatic
Ortona
Perscara
Elizabeth City Coast Guard Commander Receives Gold Star
Commander Richard L. Burke of the Elizabeth City Coast Guard station received a gold star in lieu of a second Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement as commander of a Chesapeake Air Patrol aviation task force unit in the eastern sea frontier anti submarine warfare unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
Jan
Richard L. Burke
USCG
Stalin to greet four girl patriots in Moscow
Stalin will greet Svetlana Lily Glaina and Valentina four young pioneers aged 10 to 14 who aided resistance during the Kharkov Nazi occupation. They ran a wall newspaper hid red ties and marched with images of Lenin Stalin and Kalinin while serenading the Internationale and honoring unknown Russian dead. Valentina was slapped by a German soldier for her acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Stalin
Svetlana
Lily
Glaina
Valentina
Kharkov
Gestapo
Young Pioneers League
Lenin
Kalinin
Kharkov Zoo
Lions Meet In Hawaii Report From War Correspondent Notebook
In Hilo Hawaii Richardo Labez hosted a Lions club luncheon with Charles H Auld presiding and Misayo Tamashiro a blind guest. Attendees included Raymond Chang Frank Ignacio and Dr ners A Goo as the party followed the Lions oath and a carnival plan was noted for U S army services. A late fee was charged to H I Nitta and Dr William H Yuen was fined for ticket issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hild
Hawaii
Richardo Labez
Manila
Charles H. Auld
Misayo Tamashiro
Auld
Hilo
Labez
Ray
Mond Chang
Frank Ignacio
PR. K. Kishimoto
Ners A. Goo
Special Services Fund
U. S. Army
H. I. Nitta
William H. Yuen
John Buekema
Yoshito. Saigo
James Kamakaichi
A. B. Costa
Charles L. Murray
William Chu
Marshalls Are Softened Up Knox Reports
Advanced Allied headquarters in New Guinea reports Japan's naval strength weakened by two cruisers and one destroyer damaged or possibly sunk in carrier attacks. American planes from Overeng and Rabaul bombarded Ka New Ireland and Kavieng while Fifth Fleet air forces struck from the Horns, with five U.S. planes lost. Sixth Army's 32nd division seized its objective at Saidor after a Sunday landing aided by Liberator bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Japan
United States Navy
New Ireland
Southmy Command
Overeng
Rabaul
Amen
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Navy
Sixth Army
Saidor
Two Balkan Kings Face Return and Vote Question
The article compares exiled Yugoslav King Peter and Greek King George, weighing whether they should return with troops to seek a public vote or stay away until liberated people elect their rulers. Britain Missouri? Britain shifts stance amid Balkan interests and Tito’s growing Partisan power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Janet
Peter
Yugoslavia
George
Greece
Winston Churchill
Britain
Balkans
Russia
London
Cairo
Marshal Tito
Eighth Army Takes Hill Forts Smash War Plant
Allied air and ground actions report in Algiers on January 4 as U S Flying units batter Villa Perosa and destroy railway yards while guarding patrols in the area. Dozens of enemy trucks are wrecked and snowbound passes hinder supply lines as Fortresses of the 15th air force operate under Maj Gen command.
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Eighth Army
Wes
Algiers
U. S
Villa Perosa
Iman
Split
Sibenik
15Th Air Force
Robber Steals 3000 From Virginia Bank in Stuart
A bandit entered First National Bank in Stuart Virginia around 10 a m and stole between 3000 and 4000 dollars at gunpoint. The robber fled toward North Carolina in a maroon 1941 Ford sedan with South Carolina plates as authorities set roadblocks and pursued the suspect toward Pilot Mountain and Danbury. The lone suspect is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing a brown hat and coat and carrying a black satchel with the cash.
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Stuart
First National Bank
L. S. Rucker
Rucker
Retiber
Conce
F. D. Mays
Commonwealth
P. Burton
Patrick County
North Carolina
Virginia
Pilot Mountain
Route 66
Germantown
Winston-Salem
South Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Danbury
N. C
Fifth Army raids beyond Garigliano river reported
Radio France at Algiers said the Allied Fifth army in Italy conducted a new raid beyond the Garigliano river penetrating a mile and a half into German positions. U S government monitors heard the broadcast.
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New York
Radio France
Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Garigliano River
U. S
Allied air raid targets Villa Perosa bearing plant
Eight percent of Nazi bearing production was disrupted as two waves of bombers hit Villa Perosa. The main fortress building measuring 600 by 1200 feet was struck directly, with nearby workshops damaged. Italian and German front actions continued with Indian forces taking a hill near Tomasso and advancing toward Ortona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Twining
Villa Perosa
Ree
Berlin
Pistoia
Florence
Eighth Army
Tomasso
Ortona
Tollo
Fifth Army
Mignano
Soviet Forces Cross Border in Major Offensive
Soviet forces under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin captured Olevsk in former frontier Poland and smashed across the prewar Russian Polish border as they push through flat terrain in a sweeping offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
Old Poland
Olevsk
War Criminals and Soviet Advances Mark Last War Year
The article contemplates Hitler's likely fate if the war ends in 1944 and reports on Allied views of war guilt punishment. It also covers Soviet offensives near Olevsk and Zhitomir, with 6,000 German casualties as Russian forces push toward the old Polish border.
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Hitler
Eisenhower
Kharkov
Yorkshire Post
Britain
Post
Anthony Eden
Long
Eden
Olevsk
Novograd- Volynski
Kiev-Warsaw
Kiev
Emilchino
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
Moscow
Vatutins
Dzerzhinsk
Zhitomir
Fritz von Mannstein
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Gorodnika
Sloch River
I Olevsl
Old
von Mannstein
Probe Opens Into Explosion of Destroyer Near New York
The destroyer fleet commander began assembling a full report on the blast that sank a U S destroyer near the entrance to lower New York Bay. Coast guards rescued 163 crew members, including 108 injured, as the ship sank in flames northeast of Sandy Hook. The navy will release casualty figures and related data through the War Department in Washington.
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New York
United States
New York Bay
Eee
Washi
Establishoa
Theeavy Department
Washington
Navy
Coast
Sandy Hook
Election Laws Amended For Service Vote
Governor Broughton says North Carolina already amended its election laws to permit armed services members to vote. The 1943 general assembly provided voting in primaries and general elections, with uncertainty about registering for primaries to be reviewed by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Broughton
North Carolina
General Assembly
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Josiah W. Bailey
Indicted in Nazi Propaganda Campaign In U S
Thirty indicted in a Justice Department case alleging a Nazi propaganda drive to incite mutiny in the armed forces and establish a fascist regime in the United States. Defendants include George Sylvester Viereck Joseph E McWilliams William Dudley Pelley and others with charges of urging disloyalty and insubordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Jan
Justice Department
German Reich
Ee Urge
United States
George Sylvester Viereck
Joseph E. McWilliams
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
George E. Deatherage
Knights of the White Camellia
Lois de Lafayette Washburn
Chicago
Izer
National Liberty Rty
Congress
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Cual
Weer
Povey
International Radiophoto
Ksarno
Folevsk
Korosten
Rowne
Novograd
Volynski
Shepetovka
Starnopoli
Cernauti
Pascans
Rumania
Zhmerinka
Onieper
Olevsk Falls
Lions
Hal V. Boyle
Hal Boyle
William L. Worden
Marshalls
Knox
Pearl Harbor
McWilliams
Lawrence Dennis
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
August Klapprott
Ernest Frederick Elmhurst
Stahrenberg
New York City
E. J. Parker Sage
Garlan L. Alderman
Detroit
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