Allies drive German forces back as line tightens near St Vith
Allied forces push the German retreat through the Belgian Ardennes with the U S First Army striking from south of Malmedy toward St Vith and Houffalize as German resistance stiffens then weakens. RAF and British units press from the west while Third Army advances southwest of Bastogne tightening the noose around the Siegfried line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmears
Karl von Rund
U.S
First Army
Whr
Malmedy
Weset
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
le Ban
Houffalize
Ance
Eney
Normandy
Bastogne
Germany
Ourthe
UA. 8Th
Roer River
Former Army Private Faces Armed Robbery Charges
Raleigh January 13. A former Army private from Camp Mackall is charged with highway robbery. He has already been committed to central to serve sentences totaling 35 to 45 years after prior convictions in Mecklenburg and Durham counties. The case stems from an incident November 18 involving A C Harrison who identified him. He allegedly tied Harrison with wire and took $17 then drove off in his cab. He had earlier been tried and sentenced for robbery in Charlotte and Durham with concurrent terms requested by defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Jan
William M
Army
Stant Camp Mackall
Central
G. Maddrey
Maddrey
A. C. Harrison
Raleigh Iver
Black
Harrison
Charlotte Y
D. A. Crawford
Jenburg
Urham
Major Engagement Off Indo-China Coast Reported
U S Pacific Fleet pursued Japanese convoys off the French Indo China coast in a two day carrier raid. The operation began Thursday and by Friday reported sinking 25 Japanese warships and damaging 13, with air raids hitting Saigon Tharth Son Nhut Camranh Cat Lai and Qui Nhon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Eaupenees
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Third Fleet
Indo-China
U.S
Chester W. Nimitz
China Sea
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Aleutian Island
Paramushiro Island
Torishima Retto
Babelthuap
Urukthapel
Palau
Saigon
Tharth Son Nhut
Camranh Cat-Lai
Qui-Nhon
Qui- P
British Home Fleet Sinks German Convoy
London reports the British home fleet attacked a German supply convoy off the Norwegian coast near Stavenger. Seven or eight ships were damaged or sunk. three or four vessels including a tanker were believed lost. British force—two cruisers two escort carriers and three destroyers under Rear Admiral R R McGrigor—suffered no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norwegian
Stavenger
Admiralty
R. R. McGrigor
F D R Commends Governor Arnall For Rate Fight
The Atlanta Constitution reported President Roosevelt praised Governor Arnall’s Supreme Court presentation on freight rate revisions. Roosevelt sent a letter noting Arnall’s excellent appearance and a profound impression with wishes of “all the good luck in the world.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.D. R
Arnall
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Roosevelt
Bilis Arnall
U. S. Supreme Court
Ellis
F.D.R
Bandits Take $5,000 From Twin City Man
In Winston-Salem two armed men forced entry into George A. Hill's home, the used car dealer, and robbed him of $5,000 while his family watched. They fled in his car as officers launched a wide search following the alarm. The incident echoes a prior $20,000 holdup nearby last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
FE. G. Shore
George A. Hill
Clyde Myers
Hill
Lacy Salmon Confesses To Beck Murder
Lacy Salmon an escaped convict admits killing Seb Beck the blind bootlegger near Greensboro last June in a confession recounted by Deputy Jiff Nance. Salmon named Clarence Norris as co defendant and described how the robbery ended with a gunshot after Beck lunged. Officers say Salmon was arrested in Norfolk and returned to Guilford County jail pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Salmon
Seb Beck
Here
Jiff Ray Nance
Nance
John Story
J. W. Donavant
Norfolk
Salmon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Greensboro
Guilford County
Raleigh
Clarence Norris
Beck
Bob
Norris
Americans Reach Inland From Luzon Beach Front
Allied forces push about eight miles beyond prior positions on Luzon, advancing toward Urbiztondo and Bayambang along the Agno River as Japanese defenses retreat. Krueger’s Sixth Army moves past Pozorrubia, aiming to seal eastern Lingayen coast and press toward Benquet Mountain foothills.
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E Pus
Urbiz
Jas MacArthur
Urbiztondo
Lingayen Gulf
Bayambang
Luzon
Gulf
Agno
Walter Krueger
Associated Press
C. Yates McDaniel
McDaniel
Krueger
Central Plains
Veterans Are Giving Uncle Sam A Break
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines reported that discharged veterans are bypassing unemployment compensation and jobs, with almost half returning to work within four weeks of discharge. An incomplete survey counted 17,414 on compensation rolls before Christmas, while 18,465 were in school or receiving vocational training under the GI bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Nebraska
North Dakota
New Mexico
Hines
Nazis May Abandon Italy Front Says Zurich Reports
Swiss reports cited by John Bryson of the Blue Network said Germany planned to abandon the entire Italian front. The German plan reportedly centers on pulling back 20 to 24 divisions after achieving strategic aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italy
Zurich
Switzerland
John Bryson
Blue Network
London
Yanks Press Near Bologna in Italian Front Maneuvers
American Fifth Army patrols advanced within nine miles of Bologna, near Canovetta and San Ansono, facing heavy German fire. Across the front the Eighth Army engaged near Comacchio lagoon with 40 prisoners taken and 20 German dead, while Kesselring's raiders crossed the Senio near Fusignano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Po Valley
Canovetta
Florence- Bologna
San Ansano
San Ansono
Savena
Fifth
Lacasetta
Florence- Imola
Fontanelice
Monte Grande
Eighth Army
Comacchio Lagoon
Adriatic Sea
Albert Kesselring
Senio
Faenza
S. 5
Fusignano
Hints Boris Died As Result Of Berlin Trip
Prince Cyril at Sofia war crimes trial raises possibility King Boris III died in 1943 from oxygen overdose aboard a flight from Berlin. He suggests excessive oxygen in an air mask could cause embolism, noting German reports said heart attack and complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Cyril
Sofia
Boris III
Hitler
Germany
War Today: Allied Gains Pressure Germans in Belgium and Luzon
Allied forces tightened the noose in Belgium as the German bulge shrank under winter counterattacks while Russian and Western fronts stir. In the Pacific, MacArthur’s troops landed on Luzon, swiftly pushing inland under naval and air support, punching from Lingayen Gulf toward Manila with heavy Japanese losses and disrupted supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Stalin
Poland
East Prussian
Belgium
Italy
Pacific
MacArthur
Luzon
Japan
Lingayen Gulf
Lingayen
Manila
Manila Bay
China Sea
Formosa
Hooper Slayer Had Partner Said by Witness
A witness to the roadside slaying of State Senator Warren G Hooper describes seeing his body in a car with a man nearby and a maroon car with a second man at the wheel The witness story announced by Kim Sigler special prosecutor adds momentum to Michigan's graft investigation linked to Judge Leland Carrs grand jury efforts at Lansing He could not confirm a license plate number or full location as details surface A continuation note indicates more on page 1 See. A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Hooper
Michigan
Springport
Mich
Jackson
Hooper
Leland W. Carr
Grand
Lansing
Kim Sigler
Grand Jury
Former Mayor Of Kinston Found Guilty
Former Kinston mayor William F. Stanley and Bill Jones owner of a resort near Kinston were convicted in recorders court of illegal handling of 88 cases of federal tax paid liquor seized by ABC officers at the Paradise Point resort on Dec 7. Stanley resigned his Cherry Point post. whisky valued at over 15000 was offered above wholesale quotes and refused. Liquor ordered turned over to Lenoir County for disposition. Lt Mary McDonald testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
William F. Stanley
Bill Jones
Here
Recorders Court
ABC
Lenoir
Stanley
Cherry Point
New York
Paradise Point
Many Convention Plans Are Cancelled
Washington January 13. Scores of organizations are canceling plans for conventions in response to War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes request. Colonel J Monroe Johnson announced the immediate response shows widespread recognition that conventions seriously impede the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
J. Monroe Johnson
Johnson
Office of Defense Eee
War Committee On Conventions
Red Hordes On March On Vistula Front
Soviet premier Stalin announced a winter offensive on the eastern front breaking through miles toward Germany on a 37 mile front in southern Poland. Russian forces reach the Nida river near the Reich frontier while more than two million troops move west and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischke
London
Stalin
Red Army
Germany
Poland
Vistula
German
Silesia
Nida
Reich
Berlin
Krakow
Kielce
Warsaw
Sandomierz
Vistula River
East Prussia
Czechoslovakia
Merkel
Budapest
Hungary
Ivan S. Konev
First Ukraine
Mt Olive Boy Credited With 100 Nazis
Pvt. Leon Outlaw of Mount Olive North Carolina credited with killing 100 Germans during a six day siege northwest of Rimling France as his machinegun crew endured constant bombardment. He and his company faced near encirclement and ran low on rations while six enemy troops surrendered at his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimling
France
Leon Outlaw
Mount Olive
N. C
Outlaw
House and Rent Woes Plague Soldier in Florida
SEBRING, Fla. Jan. 15. Bob Cartwright, recently discharged from the Army, faces housing troubles. He holds four houses but cannot determine rent payments or who the owner is. The Detroit dog Jack, a fox terrier owned by Mrs. Margaret Myers, allegedly willed one house and a car valued at $20,000 to Cartwright, while roof leaks and repair questions remain unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebring
Fla
Bob Cartwright
Jack
Detroit
Margaret Myers
Cartwright
Barlye
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