MacArthur lands on Luzon in pivotal Philippines operation
The article describes General MacArthur and General Nimitz executing a large amphibious assault on Luzon, establishing a 15 mile beachhead with 800 ships, and signaling a long, costly phase in the Pacific war as Japanese forces prepare a strong defense and possible last-ditch stand on the island. It notes optimism about initial gains while warning against assuming the battle will be short or easy.
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Bataan
MacArthur
Luzon
Pacific
Linguis
Phil
Homma
Philippines
Gulf
MacArthur - Nimitz Berhood
Tokyo
Yamashita
Federal aid plan advances for state school systems
Washington January 10 Congress moved a broad federal aid proposal for schools. The bill would provide 300 million dollars in outright grants to states with no matching requirement and bars direct state control, while urging equitable funding and maintenance of educational expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Congress
Barden
D-Nc
House Education Committee
House
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Adolf Berle Jr Nominated for Post Ambassador to Brazil
Washington January 10 Adolf Berle Jr former assistant secretary of state nominated by President Roosevelt to be ambassador to Brazil He will succeed Jeffer Caffery who left the Brazilian post for another ambassadorship Also Hattie Caraway nominated to the United States War Compensation Commission replacing the late John Logan Key figures include Adolf Berle Jr and Hattie Caraway with Roosevelts administration shaping diplomatic and compensation posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adolf Berle, Jr
Roosevelt
Brazil
Berle
Stettinius
Jeffer Caffery
Hattie Caraway
United States
Em- Compensation Commission
Caraway
John L Gan
Liberators Bombard Belgian Region and Rhine Front
One hundred U. S. Liberators and Flying Fortresses bombed bridges airfields and road junctures behind the Belgian bulge and along the Rhine with 4000 tons of bombs in a daylight raid. It was the 17th operation in 19 days by the Eighth Air Force heavy bombers aided by 300 escorts. A Ninth Air Force B 26 strike hit a railroad bridge near Rinnthal and other targets including Rhine Rhine canal bridge railyards at Neustadt and Rastatt. Five German planes were shot down and one American fighter was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Belgian Bulge
Rhine
Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Rinnthal
Landau
U. S. Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Rhine-Rhone Canal
Neustadt
Rastatt
Twenty Four Die In American Airlines Crash Near Burbank
An American Airlines plane crashed near Burbank California killing 21 service members and three crew. The aircraft went down about 410 am five miles from Lockheed terminal after aiming for Palmdale due to low weather. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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New York
Armed Services
American Airlines
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Air
Charles A. Rheinstrom
Army
Navy
Lockheed
Palmdale
Burbank Field
Rheinstrom
Palmdale Field
Americans Press Big Tank Battle in Belgium Front
Paris datelined war report shows Lt Gen Hodges First Army winning the largest tank engagement of the campaign and capturing Samree after 30 hours of heavy snow fighting. Patton’s Third Army pushed about 20 miles front near Bastogne while the 101st Airborne neared Houffalize as German resistance wavered. British units captured five western towns and moved close to Laroche, with German forces retreating toward Houffalize St Vith as Allied forces consolidate gains. Continued coverage noted German diversions near Strasbourg and renewed combat along the St Vith Laroche highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Samree
Third Army
George %. Patton, Jr
Bastogne
101St
Screaming Eagle Airborne
Houffalize
Bulge
Salient
Res Ahe
Laroche
St. Vith
Alsace
Strasbourg
Ernest N. Harmon
84Th Infantry
Alexander R. Bolling
St. Vith-Laroche
Vielsalm
Climactic Luzon assault opens Philippine campaign led by MacArthur
General MacArthur's headquarters form in Lingayen Gulf as tens of thousands of American troops drive tank spearheads toward Manila. The landing force, part of an 800-ship convoy, faces light opposition with Manila within 120 miles.
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Pacific
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Luzon
Philippines
MacArthur
Manila
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Sixth Army
Bataan
Corregidor
Postwar Training Delay Shifts Focus To War Manpower
The House Postwar Military Policy committee deferred action on a universal military training law, focusing instead on civilian war time training and war manpower legislation. Chairman Woodrum said attention would stay on essential training as stressed by the President and military leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
War and
Navy Department
Woodrum
D-Va
Maybank, Johnston, Hoey Named To Senate Committees
Freshman Senator Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina was named to five Senate committees. North Carolina’s Clyde R. Hoey, a first year senator, earned four committee positions. Burnet R. Maybank of South Carolina was named to the audit and central committee. Committees for Johnston include interstate commerce, privileges and elections, education and labor, claims, and the District of Columbia. Hoey joins agriculture, interstate commerce, District of Columbia, and immigration panels. Elbert Thomas of Utah succeeded Robert Reynolds as chair of Military Affairs after resigning Education and Labor chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
Senate
North Carolina
Clyde KR. Hoey
Burnet KR. Maybank
Tment
Johnston
Interstate Commerce
Privileges and Elections
Education
Claims
District of Columbia
Sen
Hoey
Agriculture
Nterstate Commerce
Immigration
Robert R. Reynolds
Military Affairs
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Labor
Governor Cherry Praises North Carolina Ration Boards
Governor Cherry lauded local War Price and Rationing Boards in North Carolina at his first post inauguration press conference. He cited a 3 year record of price control, thanked 6,400 volunteers, and said volunteers are unique to the nation in handling this crucial task.
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Raleigh
Cherry
North Carolina
Note Of Caution Sounded By Cherry In His Message To Assembly On Expenses
Governor Cherry warned that postwar revenues may decline and urged adherence to a balanced budget. He proposed about 000,000 in appropriations annually for 1945-47 and urged retiring general fund bonds from surplus, with no major tax changes unless services require new taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
Assembly
Raleigh
Messa
Budget Commission
Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
General Fund
Legislature Prepares For Busy Session
Raleigh January 10 The North Carolina legislature readies to hear Governor Cherry's budget message and the advisory budget commission's 1945 47 recommendations. Duplicate general fund bond sinking fund bills of 51 585 079 for debt retirement were favorably reported by the joint appropriations committee and sent to the floor for debate.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Advisory Budget Commission
Hi Bacies
House
Senate
Appropriations
Inductions to reach 900,000 in six months
Undersecretary Robert P Patterson told Congress that 900,000 men will be inducted into the armed forces in the first half of 1945. The rate would be about 150,000 monthly, roughly double earlier projections, with 700,000 additional civilians needed for wartime work.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Congress
Army
Navy
Patterson
House Military Committee
Armed Services
Two Major German Breaks Hurt Allied Lines in World War II
HAL BOYLE details two critical WWII offensives by Rommel in Tunisia and Von Rundstedt in Europe. He notes similar tactics, timing, and near-misses that nearly split American and British forces, with exhausted German troops delayed by American resistance and reinforcements arriving just in time.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
Rommel
Faid Pass
Tunisia
von Rundstedt
Wth Teutonic
Africa
First Army
Second Corps
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
34Th Infantry
Thala
Constantin
Algiers
Patton
Schnee Eifel
Invasion of Luzon Opens With Light Casualties
CBS wire report from Luzon states Japanese offered no ground opposition as Gen Douglas MacArthur’s forces land along 15 miles of Lingayen gulf. Allied forces push inland after heavy naval and air bombardment, with low American losses and Japanese defenses described as woefully inadequate.
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New York
CBS
William J. Dunn
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Kruger
Sixth Army
Lingayen Gulf
Caanann Cohioe
Lingayen City
San Fabian
Japan
MacArthur
Lingayen
Withholding Tax Of Teachers Is Major Problem
Raleigh January 10 The federal withholding tax process for school teachers is complex because salaries are paid in nine monthly installments. A larger proportion is withheld per pay period than in twelve monthly payments. The state comptroller’s office has prepared a deduction table for local units showing exact withholdings. For a $155 check, $19.70 would be deducted, not $14.80, under the nine month system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Jan
Comptroller's Office
State Board of Education
Red Army presses in Budapest as German relief fails
Moscow reports intensified Red Army assaults in Budapest on January 10 as German columns struggle to break the siege. Soviet advances reach Izsa and other towns north of the Danube, with Moscow claiming control of over half the city and pushing toward Komarom and Bratislava amid renewed German counterattacks.
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Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Komarom
Izsa
Bratislava
Vienna
Red Army
Gereman
Capital Man Loses Appeal In Gas Case
In Richmond Virginia the fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals up held an 18 month prison term for Sam Nashner of Washington in a conspiracy case tied to illegal possession of fuel ration coupons. The court found ample evidence of the conspiracy and Nashner’s involvement despite circumstantial proof.
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Richmond
Sam Nushner
Washington
Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Wilson
N. C
Nashner
Appellant
Nushner
Trial Of Greensboro Man Is Continued
A one week continuance was ordered in the case of William W. Holt of Greensboro North Carolina charged with illegally wearing a United States Army uniform. FBI involvement is noted as agents investigate Holt funds sources after three hundred dollars in bills were found on his person when arrested last week.
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Boston
William W. Holt
Greensboro
N.C
United States
U S
William C. Rogers
U. S
Thomas P. O'Connor
O'Connor
FBI
Holt
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