Polish government seeks talks to settle Russian border dispute
London dispatch reports Polish exile government urging Britain and the United States to mediate discussions with the Soviet Union on all outstanding questions. The Poles reject unilateral frontier changes yet seek a just Polish Soviet agreement as Britain signals willingness to facilitate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Curzon Line
United States
Britain
Red Army
U. S. State Department
Washington
di Atic
Lo Times
Anthony Fren
Tadeusz Romer
Polish Republic
Poland
Sow Union
Allies Assess East Germany Battles and Nazi Reserve
The article notes two major wartime lessons from central Germany as Allied air power proves decisive in a hazardous strike. It warns that Hitler kept a sizable reserve to counter a potential Anglo American invasion, with Nazis mobilizing all aircraft for the attack and hinting at future intensified air battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Philadelphia Garbage Strike Hits Health of City
Philadelphia on January 15 reports 3000 public works employees entering the sixth day of a strike amid health warnings that uncollected rubbish could trigger another epidemic of influenza. They booed a proposal to defy union leaders and return to work.
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Philadelphia
Massive RAF Raid Pounds Brunswick and Berlin Targets
London reports a heavy RAF night attack on Brunswick using 2,000 long tons of bombs causing widespread fires and 38 RAF aircraft losses. Allied daylight raids on Berlin and northern France followed, with Mosquitoes returning to strike Berlin while American and Allied bombers hit multiple Nazi targets.
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London
RAF
Brunswick
Messerschmitt
Air Ministry
Berlin
France
Allied
Local Editor E H Smith Jr Promoted to Lieutenant
E H Smith Jr formerly managing editor of the Hickory Record advances to lieutenant at the Miami naval air base where he serves as a public relations officer.
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Hickory
Jan
E.H. Smith, Jr
Hickory Record
Naval Air Base
Miami
Fla
Leaves From War Correspondent's Notebook
The piece profiles Capt. Victor E. Clark Jr. of Selma Alabama a combat cameraman now in Italy weighing far more than his 180 pounds as a former high school star and health champion who dreams of becoming Alabama's youngest governor He recalls early service missteps and a career of varied military assignments before seeking rest overseas and returning as an adjutant.
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Italy
Victor E. Clark, Jr
Selma
Ala
Chicago
Alabama
Clark Gable
Hollywood
Clark
Gable
Miami Beach
Fla
Army Navigators
Navy
Army
United States
Scott Field
Ill
French Hurl Back Five Nazi Attacks Near Cassino Heights
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports French troops repelling five German counterattacks on the right wing in Italy. They advanced two miles toward Cassino taking three 3,000-foot heights near Acquafondata and Viticuso, while Americans press on Mt Trocchio south of Cassino and German fortifications along the San Pietro ridge challenge the advance. 250 French prisoners were reported in two days.
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Algiers
Italy
Cason Itane
Hage
Acquafondata
Juin
Cassino
Rome
Viticuso
Berlin
Mt. Ferro
Vallrotonda
Mt. Pogane
Mt. Pile
San Pietro
Mt. Trocchio
Germans Smash Down Valley To Sarajevo
Stockholm reports an RAF raid on Brunswick prompting Nazi pilots to unveil rocket propelled fighters. The craft climbs four and a half miles in two minutes but requires elite pilots. A new rapid fire automatic gun is described. An Allied air raid on central Germany hit Enna, with 60 to 70 percent of fighter and machine gun plants damaged.
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Stockholm
Brunswick
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Enna
Germany
Germans Evacuating Norwegian Coastal Town
The Scandianvian Telegraph Bureau reports Oslo sources say about 4000 people evacuated from Tromso amid invasion fears. Rumors also place Narvik and Ha rstad on evacuation lists.
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Stockhalm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Oslo
Tromso
Narvik
Haristad
Allied Bombings Forcing Total Sofia Evacuation
Allied forces press the campaign in the Pacific with Tokyo facing higher air losses. Halsey calls Japanese pilots inexperienced as Tojo orders faster production amid fierce war needs. In 1943 the Japanese lost about eight planes per allied one. total Nipponese planes shot down in the last six months reached 2,594 with Allied losses at 378. Kenney calls raids on Rabaul a turning point in the south Pacific.
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Ralph H. Heppe
Apan
R Ra
Adm
Willaim F. Halsey
Pacific
South Pacific
Washington
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Central
South
Southwest
Rabaul
Keystone
George C. Kenney
Evacuation Ordered as Sofia Bombardment Rages
The Bulgarian government orders immediate mass evacuation of Sofia and surrounding areas after heavy Allied raids. Berlin reports say looting is to be punished, curfew from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. is in effect, banks and repair shops to reopen, and staff must report back within 24 hours.
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London
Sofia
Docho Christov
U. S
Berlin
Ankara
Unheralded Raider Bombs London Theatre
A lone enemy air raider dropped bombs on a crowded London suburb cinema last night killing seven and injuring 31. About 3,000 people were inside the theater watching Sonja Henie in Wintertime when a nearby store was wrecked, though no other casualties were reported. Officials offered few details citing war secrecy.
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London
Sonja Henie
Air Ministry
These Folks Mean Business These Folks Mean Business
The Fourth War Loan nears opening Tuesday as Treasury reports oversubscriptions. Cherry county Nebraska surpasses its 430000 goal by 50000 with most funds from individuals. Globe Shipbuilding Co. employees in Superior Wisconsin exceed their quota.
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Washington, Dan
Treasury
Cherry County
Nebraska
Globe Shipbuilding Co
Superior
Wis
Miner Rescued After 70 Foot Fall in Abandoned Shaft
Lenora Dike L fell seventy feet into water in an abandoned mine shaft in Joplin. Firemen pulled her from the pit and a doctor said she suffered only a chill from the plunge. Her cries guided workers to the location.
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Joplin An
Raleigh Taxi Drivers Walkout Settled After City Talks
Raleigh cab drivers after a January 15 conference with attorneys and city officials reached a settlement. The city will draft an interpretation of rate-ordnance for drivers to review within days after a walkout by more than 200 tank cab drivers prompted by arrests and convictions for overcharging.
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Raleigh
Germans Used Rocket Plane Against RAF
German forces advance in Bosnia near Sarajevo as Tito reports heavy losses in eastern regions. Verbas river towns Ino and Gornji Vakuf fall, Prnjavor captured, Kotar Varos under heavy partisan fire, Bijelina and Jamja seized as Partisans press offensives.
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Raf
London
Vrbas
Banja Luka
Sarajevo
Tal
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Verbas
Ino
Gornjivakuf
Free Yugoslav Radio
Prnijavor
Kotar Varos
Cadjovich
Bijelina
Jamja
Cape Gloucester Marines Face Worse Conditions Than Guadalcanal
Marine officers describe Cape Gloucester fighting on hill 660 as the toughest yet seen in the Pacific. Rain and thick jungle hinder advances as over 200 Japanese killed. Maj. Rupertus cites about 3,000 Japanese dead or wounded, with Marines sustaining around 300 casualties. Lt. Beinke reports worsening terrain and unseen enemy fire. Col. Amor Simms notes Bergen bay perimeter as the harshest area.
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Marlin Spencer
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Guadalcanal
United States
Caloncester
Bergen Bay
Sidney Beinke
Southattle
Wash
Col
Amor
Simms
Groveport
Ohio
Pacific
Coun
William H. Rupertus
Washington, D. C
White Army Breaks Through Nazi Defenses In Pripet March
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky drive into Pripet marshes near Pinsk and Mozyr defeating German positions along a 30 mile front. Red Star reports bridges intact, heavy artillery and in-depth trench systems exceeded, with cavalry raids deep behind enemy lines and rapid Soviet gains west of the Horyn and Styr rivers.
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Pripet Marshes
Pinsk
Red
Konst Rokossovsky
Sluch
Horyn
Nikolai Vatutin
Styr
K Moscow
Sarny
Rovno
Rokossovsky
Mozyr
Kalin
Red Star
Ippa River
Kalinkevichi
Moscow Radio
Red Army
Skrigalov
Cossa
Soviet Union
Allied bombers strike Japanese bases across New Guinea line
Advancing Allied air forces report a wide sweeping attack along a 3000 mile arc from Borneo to Bougainville. Bombers night fighters and recon planes hit oil refineries shipping and supply depots while fires ignite at Balikpapan and in Celebes, Dili and Amahai areas.
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New Guinea
Borneo
Bougainville
MacArthur
Australia
Libera
Balikpapan
Celebes
Wilhelmina
Dili
Geram
Sions
Amahai
Geser
Absence of Mind Hits Buchanan County Tax Mailings
Buchanan County collector C C Van Ardle believes eight and eight of the most absent minded persons in the U S A are property owners who paid their taxes twice. He completed mailing checks to that number. Total amount involved was 1567 dollars.
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ST. Joseph
Buchanan County
U.S.A
C.C. van Ardle
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Cassidy
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