The War Today on the Belgian Bulge and Rundstedt
The battle in the Belgian Bulge favors the Allies though a collapse is not near. General Omar Bradley warns that German delays may delay the winter offensive by months. Rundstedt fights a rear-guard action as he withdraws toward Siegfried defenses, with heavy losses in men and materiel.
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Belgian Bulge
von Rundstedt
Omar Bradley
U. S
France
Rundstedt
Houffalize
Salient
Bulge
Siegfried
Rhine
Bradley
Cologne
Eisenhower
Belgium
Mexico to host international conference on Argentina issue
Mexico City reports an American foreign ministers conference opens February 15 focusing on Argentina. The Pan American Union restricts participation to nations aiding the war effort, with Argentina not invited. Pan American Board earlier delayed Argentina’s call for a hemispheric conference.
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Mexico City
Argentina
Pan-American Union
Washington
Ezequiel Padilla
The
Pan- American Union
Pan-American Board
Battle For Hungary Enters What May Be Final Stage
MOSCOW reports the battle for Hungary neared a final stage as German forces attempt to relieve Budapest while Soviet and Hungarian troops push from the west bank of the Danube. Red Army advances sever supply hubs around Komarom and drive deeper into the capital, with major urban blocks now in Soviet control and large German losses reported.
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Battle For
Hungary
Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Red Star
Komarom
Red Army
Stalingrad
War Department Reports U S Casualties Reach 646,380
Secretary of War Stimson announced that U S army casualties total 564,351, not counting German counter-offensive losses. Combined with Navy figure 82,029, overall U S casualties since Pearl Harbor reach 646,380, up 8,241 from the prior week. Army killed 106,952. wounded 103,991. missing 64,283. prisoners of war 59,267. Navy killed 31,332. wounded 36,798. missing 9,311. prisoners 4,479.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Army
San
Young Matron Convicted Of Kidnapping
In Washington judge Timmerman gave Nelrose Kovianek a three year suspended sentence plus five years probation for kidnapping 19 month old Janice Ruth Peacock. The 16 year old from Allentown Pa taken for a walk here was arrested 12 hours later with the child in Raleigh North Carolina. Kovianek must live with her foster parents or her mother during probation.
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Columbia
D. C
Nelrose Kovianek
Allentown
George Bell Timmerman
Charles K. Burts
Janice Ruth Peacock
Raleigh
N. C
Kovianek
Marie Shelse Washington
London War Correspondent Praises Doughboys In Bastogne Fight
London Daily Express and Allen Moorhead report Americans held Bastogne a pivotal action. British HQ says Bastogne rivals El Alamein in impact and may have prevented German capture of Antwerp. Bradley's force kept a coastline escape open for the British Second Army. The piece exalts American resolve and defines Bastogne as a turning point in the war.
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London
London Daily Express
Antwerp
Bastogne
Allen Moorhead
Er. Bradley
el Alamein
Germans Pull Out Of Bulge With Ordered Retreat
Paris dispatch reports German forces began a careful withdrawal from the Ardennes bulge as Allied armies pushed in from the north and south and British patrols penetrated toward Laroche and St Hubert. Blizzard conditions persisted with temperatures around nine above zero, as von Rundstedt’s forces attempted to form a new defensive line west of the Ourthe. The Allied advance seized Laroche and other towns while warning of a drawn battle for the eastern bulge.
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Paris
Laroche
St. Hubert
Champion
Freyr Forest
Houffalize
Bulge
Bastogne
Vielsalm
Iopelitania
Housfage
Logne
von Stedt
Ardennes
von Kluges
Falaise
Normandy
Ourthe
Alsace-Lorraine
Rimling
Erstin
Strasbourg
Eisenhower
Alsace
Colmar
Arctic Cold Grips Nation With Subzero Readings Across States
Severe cold weather blankets a wide region from Illinois to New England as below zero temps persist in the Midwest and Northeast. Subfreezing conditions extend into the South with many cities recording freezing or below readings. Forecasters expect eastern states to stay frigid with more snow in Pennsylvania and western New York tonight.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Illinois
New England
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York State
Penner
Vania
New York
Tobhonon
Burlington
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisvillesky
Supers Hammer Malay Peninsula Installations by US Bombers
American B 29s based in India struck Malay peninsula targets including Singapore docks in daylight missions. The 20th Bomber Command under Major General Curtis LeMay conducted four Asia based strikes since January 2. Reports say ships fled to Singapore for refitting after the late 1944 Philippine Sea battle and the invasion of Luzon may draw the Japanese navy into action.
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Washington
Bay of Bengal
Malay Peninsula
Gurtis FE. Leman
20Th Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
Con
Luzon
Berlin
Singapore
Philippine
Bangkok
Tal
Thailand
Emergency Powers For Governor Reinstated In Wartime
The Senate approved a bill to restore the governors wartime powers to direct health welfare and safety measures for civilians during the war. It authorizes food fuel clothing and health distributions and civil defense coordination including blackouts and police mobilization. A liaison post between Senate and House is created, headed by veteran Walter P. Murphy.
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Raleigh
Senate
Broughton
Council of State
Cherry
Gay
Northampton
House
Walter P. Murphy
Rowan
Assembly
Weathers
Cleveland
British General Lumsden Killed on American Warship
Lt Gen Sir Herbert Lumsden died January 6 in a Japanese air raid aboard an American warship in the Pacific. Appointed by Churchill as representative to MacArthur in 1943, he likely fell during Luzon invasion. Former corps commander of the British Eighth Army and commander of the 12th Royal Lancers famed for Dunkirk retreat.
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Malay Peninsula
Indies
Sumatra
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
London
British War Office
Herbert Lumsden
Pacific
Lumsden
Churchill
Eighth Army
12Th Royal Lancers
Dunkerque
Nazi Station Blamed For Criticism BroadcastUproar Claim
Brendan Bracken, British minister of information, said SHAEF in Paris that a BBC style broadcast critical of General Eisenhower and British gains originated from a German station. He noted the message as evidence and referenced continued coverage on page 2.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Brendan Bracken
BBC
Eisenhower
Bracken
Nazis Ordered To Hold Line At Any Cost
Rome dispatch reports Hitler ordered Nazi troops shifted from Norway to Italy to defend the Reno river line along the Adriatic sector. Ten prisoners from the 710th division said these units were pressed to hold the front at all costs. A second patrol clash near Senjo and reports of Todt members among prisoners underscored heavy German manpower strain.
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Rome
Norway
Italy
Hitler
Reno
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Valli di Comacchio
San Alberto
Senjo
TODT
France to field 1.2 million man army by spring end
War Minister Andre Diethelm says France will have an army of 1,200,000 troops fully equipped with the latest American materiel by the end of spring. He spoke on his return from a tour of the Alsatian battlefront in Paris.
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Paris
France
Andre Diethelm
Alsatian
Britain ELAS near cease fire terms after nine hours talks
In Athens a nine hour discussion between British authorities and ELAS leaders yielded a large measure of agreement on cease fire terms. Fighting continued outside Athens as British armored columns advanced, driving ELAS forces toward the hills. British commanders reported progress while a Greek trades unions delegation thanked Britain for "saving Greece from Communism" and sought talks with London officials.
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ELAS
Athens
Rona M. Soia
Ceas
Elas Teadhers
Reginald Leeper Yesterda
Greece
Leeper
Lamia
Othe
Corinth
London
Major Battles Lie Ahead Of Doughboys
General MacArthur headquarters reports American forces pushed along 22 miles of Ling Gulf in a rapid advance across northern Luzon. Yanks seized towns including San Fabian Li yuan Mangaldan and Dagupan while airfields were captured and spearheads moved over 100 miles north. Japanese reinforcements and night air attacks disrupted sea lanes but inflicted limited damage.
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Macarthy
Lin Gulf
I Corps
Gayen
Nila
San Fabian
Liyen
Mangaldan
Dagupan
Japanese Landings Reported Near Lingayen Gulf
Tokyo radio said American forces attacked Luzon Island with amphibious landings and wiped out ten enemy tiles near a beach. A second report claimed Japanese guns opened fire wiping out troops, while propaganda claimed intense battles in Lingayen Gulf with transports and landing craft blown off beaches.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Luzon Island
Federal Emunications Commission
Rabon
San Fabian
Lingayen Gulf
Coast thrust by 14th Army nears Saul
Field dispatch from Hampson reports the 14th Army corps advancing along the Ling coast within two miles of Saul, widening the American drive to secure the southern Ling coastline. The 7th Fleet pressed troops, armament, and supplies to the beachhead as Japanese divisions redeployed to resist, with limited use of bomb carrying Ja swam units and drifted threats near American ships under cover of darkness.
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Hampson
Associated Press
Untis
14Th Army Corps
Linga
Saul
Ling
7Th Fleet
Tsuyuki Yamashita
Acan
55 Cent Wage As Minimum Is Predicted
Emil Rieve president of the Textile Workers says indications point to a 55 cent per hour minimum for all southern cotton textile workers with a possible five cent increase. He denies a north south wage differential and notes NWLB decisions remain uncertain amid union demands for 60 percent gains.
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Washington
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers
Cot
Rieve
War Labor Board
Ern
Congress
W. Hightower
American Ion Manufacturers Association
NWLB
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