Allied Air Strikes Support Tunisian Ground Forces
American air units struck railway yards at Kairouan and targets near Cherichera in southern Tunisia aiding French and American ground forces. Bombers and escorts reportedly downed four German planes while losing one Boston bomber and one fighter amid ongoing Mediterranean operations and poor weather restricting northern Tunisia combat.
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North Africa
United States Army Air Force
Tunisia
Kairouan
Cherichera
Fondouk
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Tunis
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New Guinea Campaign Faces Tougher Drive After Buna Gona
Allied forces near completion of Buna Gona operations as MacArthur pursues the next phase against Japanese positions in New Guinea. The island, split into Papua, northeast New Guinea, and Dutch New Guinea, remains largely under Japanese control in the northeast with Lae and Salamaua as likely next objectives. Allied air strikes pummel Lae and Salamaua while Merauke’s air base claims and strategic value draw Tokyo’s attention.
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Guinea
Iit
Salaua
Lae
Buna
Merauke
Port Mores
Tokyo
Salamaua
MacArthur
Buna-Gona
Plea To Omit Social Security Revision From Roosevelt Plan
A group of influential legislators urged President Roosevelt to drop Social Security revision from his legislative agenda. High ranking Democrats conveyed the plea as the 78th Congress prepares to convene. Spokesmen said the president’s draft message was discussed at length and may still address the issue.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Arler
Congress
Japs Reported Massing Huge Pacific Armada
Melbourne papers quoted a government official reporting a massing Japanese armada in the southwest Pacific and naval reconnaissance from submarines near Australia. Navy Secretary Knox said enemy ships were always at Rabaul but no unusual concentration was evident.
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Melbourne
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Navy
Knox
Rabaul
New Britain
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Axis nations warned to restore property rights after Axis expulsion
Seventeen Allied governments and the French National Committee told the Axis and its beneficiaries that property rights in occupied lands will be restored to rightful owners when the Axis is ejected. A State Department declaration covers all transfers luring enemy action, including those framed as legal or voluntary. It does not single out Jewish property but applies to any rights lost through enemy action or manipulation.
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Washington
French National Committee
State Department
Germany
Union of South Africa
Allies Prepare Blow To Blast Jap Foothold Sanananda Point
Allied forces shape an attack to clear Mikado forces from Sanananda Point in southeastern New Guinea as MacArthur reports regrouping. Bombing hits Lae airfield, with heavy air action and tank infantry drive planned. Civilian and war updates note mopping up Buna actions and strafing of an enemy supply boat.
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Australia
Mikado
Sanananda Point
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Sanananda Salient
Buna
Eastern States Gasoline Dealers Seek Price Increase
The Eastern States Gasoline Dealers conference asked the Office of Price Administration to permit a rise in gasoline sales price to help dealers survive. Sol A. Herzog said the group also notes potential elimination of A coupons and seeks a 1.5 percent increase if that occurs.
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New York
Eastern States Gasoline Dealers Conference
Office of Price Administration
Sol A. Herzog
Boston
Frederick W. Moore
Retail Gasoline Dealers Association of Massachusetts
Washington
Moore
Herzog
OPA
Harry Wainwright
Senate
Eastern Seaboard
Guadalcanal Troops Gain High Ground After Repelling Six Attacks
American forces on Guadalcanal seized strategic ground near Mount Austen southwest of the airfield and repelled six Japanese counterattacks, with about 150 Japanese killed. American patrols also killed additional enemy troops and seized mortars and machine guns as airfield defenses were targeted by air strikes.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Mount Austen
Neenkee Oe
Navy Secretary Updates Guadalcanal Destroyer Action
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Japanese destroyers failed to land at Guadalcanal last Saturday but unloaded some metal drums of supplies that drifted ashore. American PT boats and Guadalcanal airfield planes sank the drums. The attack aimed to reinforce stranded Japanese troops. ten destroyers were involved, with eight surviving after dive bomber strikes near Rendova and Shortland Island.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Shortland Island
Navy
Rendova Island
Rendova
Shortland
Tactics of Japan near India border puzzle observers
London January 5 dispatches report Japanese tactics near the India border are puzzling with uncertainty over whether the Arakan Coast commander will defend Akyab or withdraw. Akyab, a Japanese port on the Bay of Bengal, has seen British land action and steady Allied air strikes. Ships move in and out of the port, supply lines and troop movements unclear as British forces close in and Japanese harass by jungle river attacks.
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London
Burma
India
Arakan
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Reuters
Seventy-Eighth Congress Set for Scrutiny of Executive Power
The new Capitol Hill majority vows to rein in wartime powers, curb extra funding and probe emergency agencies. Lawmakers aim to restore purse-string control, investigate publicity staffs, and push pro farmer, anti-labor, pro-business policies while resisting New Deal excesses.
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Leon Henderson
Legislative Branch
Capitol Hill
New York Paper Faces Sedition Indictment Charges
Thirty three individuals and The New York Evening Enquirer are charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to impair morale and promote mutiny in U S armed forces under wartime sedition laws. The case names George E Deatherage Louise De Lafayette Washburn Frank W Clark Paquita D Shishmareff Ulrich Fleischhauer and others alongside 41 publications and as many organizations cited as co conspirators. William Griffin publisher of The Enquirer was ordered to appear after losing a bid to move the case to Washington.
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Washington
United States
New York Evening Enquirer
Justice Department
George E. Deatherage
St. Albans
W. Va
Knights of the White Camelia
Louise de Lafayette Washburn
Leslie Fry
Glendale
Calif
New York City
Frank
K. Ferenz
Los Angeles
California
Enquirer
Ulrich Fleischhauer
Erfurt
Germany
William Griffin
Griffin
U. S
Garrett W. Cotter
RAF Bombers Hit Ruhr Valley Industrial Targets Again
London dispatch reports RAF bombers targeted German industrial sites in the Ruhr for a second straight night. Two British planes were lost, Berlin claimed civilian casualties and building damage in residential areas. The raid appears small scale, with about 40 planes involved.
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RAF
Ruhr Valley
London
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Berlin
Germany
St. Nazaire
France
Daily Express
Express
U. S
The
Congresswoman Caroline O Day Dies in Rye
Mrs. Caroline O Day aged 67 died in Rye N Y yesterday, one day after completing her fourth term as New York at large congresswoman. widow of Daniel T O Day, former Standard Oil director, O Day was Perry born and long active in New York Democratic circles, an early pacifist who supported defense as Nazi threats grew, and a close associate of Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Rye
N. Y
Caroline O'Day
New York State
Daniel T. O'Day
Standard Oil Co
New York
Ep O'Day
Perry
Congress
Democratic Party
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government Land Purchase Probed by Senate Committee
Washington January 5 A joint committee on non essential federal expenditure will investigate wartime land purchases by the government. Chairman Byrd says Norman M Littell will be questioned about plans for 30,000,000 acres and what will be done with land after the war. The panel also hears from Philip B Fleming and National Youth Administration on cutting funds.
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Washington
Joint Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Norman M. Littell
Lands Division
Justice Department
New England
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works
National Youth Administration
Littell
St. Louis
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
Giant Pincers Again Threat To Axis Force
London reports say German armies in the Caucasus are ordered to hold at all costs with a last ditch stand if Russians cut their corridor through Rostov. A fleet of Black Sea ships is said to assemble to carry supplies, while Red Army forces strike toward Stalingrad with significant gains and heavy enemy losses.
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London
Caucasus
Rostov
Black Sea
Novorossis
Stalingrad
Red Army
Chernishkov
Likhaya
Chernishkovskaya
Moscow Radio
Monitor
Reguar
Soviet Monitor
Soviet Information Bureau
Middle Don
Velikie Luki
Don
Rzhev
Northern
Mozdok
Soviet Union
Senate Investigators Probe Federal Gas Ration Control
Senate investigators said they will seek more light on divided federal control of gasoline and fuel oil rationing to ensure civilian minimum supply. Chairman Maloney announced renewed hearings after rationing officials said no near-term rations increase. Ickes urged more power but would not discuss until consulting allies as questions emerged on who is umpire.
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Washington
Maloney
D-Conn
Senate
Burton
Ohio
Harold L. Ickes
Office of Price Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
United Nations
Price
Leon Henderson
State Department
Army
Navy
Ickes
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