Soviet counterattacks drive Germans back on multiple fronts
Soviet reports claim Vatutin's first Ukrainian army shattered German counterattacks near Olevsk and Nevel with heavy losses, while Bagramian's forces pounded the Baltic wing. Belaya Tserkov fell after a four day battle as Soviet spearheads push toward Stavische Pliskov and other district centers along the Vinnitsa Tarnopol corridors.
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von Mannstein
Bug
Rumania
Olevsk
Nikolai Vatutin
First Ukraine
Vatutin
Ukraine
Ivan Bagramian
Nevel
Nevel-Velikie Lukie
Szocha
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Novograd - Volynski
Belaya Tserkov
Moscow
D Tely
Stavische
Pliskov
Vinnitsa
Bug River
Kiev- Zherinka
Men and Women in Service Updates and Promotions
Conrad C. Reies returns to duty after 20 days with his parents in Route One New Mexico. Cpl. Martin H. Skull, son of Mrs. Rose Skull, earns a new rating while serving in the European theater. Robert T. Thacker, formerly of High Point, completes training at Clarion Pa and is stationed in Nashville Tenn as a pilot.
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Do. Fairrington
Route One
New Mexico
North Africa
Sirull
Cpl
Martin H. Skull
Rose S. Skull
Montheu Avenue
Thacker
Nashville
Robert T. Thacker
High Point
Army Air Forces
Clarion
State Teachers’ College
Burgess Family Returns to Camp Haan California
SGT Burgess and wife Gladys Kidd Burgess return to Camp Haan after holidays with their parents. Kidd at Parris Island William J Kidd son of Joe Kidd returns to Marine Base at Parris Island. Bailey completes aviation radioman course John Bailey son of S O Bailey finished training in Memphis Tennessee. Davis couple returns to Camp Libertale Cleo F Davis stationed there after visiting relatives.
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Sgt. Burgess
Camp
Set Thurman Burgess
Mrs. Burgess
Gladys Kidd
Camp Haan
Calif
G. L. Burgess
Joe Kidd
Lawrence Dennis Freed on Bail in Federal Indictment
Becket Massachusetts January 5 Lawrence Dennis 50 year old war veteran author and self styled isolationist and proud of it charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy in connection with an alleged seditious plot released in 2500 bail for hearing January 12 An English court decision in 1772 freed 15000 Negroes and declared slavery illegal
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Becket
Mass
Lawrence Dennis
Allied air and ground actions push toward Rome front
Allied forces bombed targets around Travnik and Doboj amid German Yugoslav fighting. Other formations attacked West Coast shipping off Italy and supply convoys near the front. Bridges north-west of Cassino were destroyed as Germans rush mobile troops and mountain units to delay Rome.
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Travnik
Doboj
Italy
Cassino
Rome
Allied air armada bombs Germany and France in one day
About 3 000 Allied aircraft took part in a single day raid over Germany and France. U S heavy bombers destroyed four enemy planes and escorts eight. German fighters shot down at least 17. Over 3 tons of high explosive were dropped on Kiel and Münster. The mission traced a 1000 mile flight with long range fuel tanks. Münster lies 200 miles southwest of Kiel, a key railway hub.
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U. S
Germany
France
Jiel
Muenstr
Pach
Muenster
Kiel
Mothers honored in Cumberland County wartime ceremony
The Cumberland Post of the American Legion will award certificates to about 50 mothers in Cumberland county whose sons are casualties in the current war. State Department Commander Robert Stevens will deliver the principal address at the event in Fayetteville on Thursday night.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland Post
The
American Legion
Cumberland County
State Department
Robert Stevens
Army plane crash injures two in Congress Heights
An army plane crashed and burned in a vacant lot in Congress Heights Washington today. Police reported that two persons aboard were fatally injured.
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Washington
Congress Heights
Two Babies Abandoned by Parents in East Side Flat
New York police search for the parents after a 9 month old boy and a girl about two were found in a windswept east side flat. The boy wore only a shirt and sweater, the girl had no clothes, both fed and clothed at the New York Foundling hospital. A couple had been seen occupying the flat since Monday.
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New York
New York Foundling Hospital
Ends of Justice in Idaho As Ballengee Surrenders
Stonewall Ballengee a 73 year old gold prospector surrendered to Idaho authorities at the state prison from which he escaped 25 years ago. He had served about two years of a 5 to 10 year sentence for voluntary manslaughter. Gov Bottolfsen said Ballengee would receive a reprieve and a pardon board request would be made. The governor stated that ends of justice have been served.
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Boise
Idaho
Stonewall Ballengee
C. A. Bottolfsen
Ballengee
Pardon Board
Truck Accident Claims Life in Lincolnton
John Alexander Ardrey was killed yesterday when a truck dump body struck him at the state highway garage in Lincolnton. The fatality occurred on January 4, according to local reports.
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Lincolnton
John Alexander Ardrey
State Highway
Weather outlook for North and South Carolina
North Carolina mostly cloudy and mild tonight with higher temperatures in east and central areas. Thursday cloudy and cooler in the west forenoon and in the east in the afternoon with occasional light rain. South Carolina cloudy and slightly warmer tonight with possible rain in the extreme northwest. Thursday cloudy with occasional light rain and cooler in the afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Doolittle praises staff as he departs for England command
General Doolittle and his eight year old daughter reside in Charlotte North Carolina. He heads to England to command the Eighth Air Force. He credits his staff and notes the Fifteenth was born in Washington a year and a half ago after he proposed it. He instead led the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa and later the strategic air force with bomber and RAF units under him.
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Charlotte
N. C
Doolittle
England
8Th Air Force
Washington
12Th Air Force
North Africa
Strategic Air Force
Anti Russian Stance Shapes 1944 US Party Dynamics
The article argues both major parties in 1944 lean on anti Russian sentiment for votes. It accuses Republican and Democratic leaders of irresponsibility and political manipulation to gain anti Soviet support. It contends Roosevelt’s administration avoided antagonizing anti Russian factions, aiding Stalin’s rise as a key international figure.
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Ryingat
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Stalin
Woodmen Install Officers In Meet On Tuesday Night
Piedmont Camp No. 62 Woodmen of the World met Tuesday at 7 30 pm due to a large turnout they voted to install officers that night rather than wait for January 11. Officers installed included Hunt Carroll Bru ton Carter Thrower Johnson and others with trustees Mann Grayson and medical corps officers Tice and Perry.
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Piedmont
Woodmen of the World
W. L. Hunt
Paul Carroll
John T. Bruton
William J. Carter
Edwin K. Thrower
Edgar ©. Johnson
W. Stamey Atkins
James M. Ellington
Everett B. Alderman
George W. Hassell
J. R. Willis
Horace G. Rothrock
Lester Peacock
J. T. Mann
C. S. Grayson
W. T. Tice
Glenn W. Perry
Medical Corps
United States Army
ICC Member Calls Deferment to Save Railroads
J Monroe Johnson of the Interstate Commerce Commission urged deferment of railroad workers from the draft to prevent a transportation calamity. He testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that railroads must run at high speed to assure victory and warned a strike would be a military catastrophe beyond expression. He rejected the idea of tying up rails as treasonous, stressing continued railroad operation.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Senator Reeds
R-Kas
Reed
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