Campaign to recapture Lae and Markham Valley detailed
The article notes American and Australian forces building an overland route from Lae to Madzab through harsh terrain, overcoming quicksand and monsoons. It describes air strips, a 30 foot wide all weather boulevard, and a makeshift powerhouse as part of the Lae to Madzab logistics that supported the Markham operation against Japanese forces.
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Madang
Alexishafen
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Markham Valley
Parates
Madrab
Lae
Markham
Moresby
New Guinea
Yes
Madzab
Seeenen Conesre
Leningrad Front Offensives Drive Deep Into German Lines
Soviet forces under Govorov and Meretskov make rapid advances around Leningrad and Novgorod. The drive breaks supply routes, overrun heavy German guns, and straddles three major rail lines, threatening to cut the German stronghold. More than 20,000 Germans killed and 1,000 captured as the sixth day of the operation unfolds.
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Govorov
Krasnogvardeisk
Dvetskoye Selo
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Hitler
Pulkovo
Izvestia
Russia
Tolstoy
Red Army
Jand
Oranienbaumerhof
Govo‘rov
Moscow
Pravda
Haven Mountains
Krasnoye Selo
Kirkill A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Novgorod
Lake Simen
Red Star
Dno
Nevel
Vitebsk
Ene
Ingrad-Warsaw
K. A. Meretskov
Novgorod Chudovo
Leningrade
Pol
Shimsk
Novosokolniki
Ukraine Front
Nikolai Vatutin
Goshcha
Vail
Rovno
Senate poised to vote on $2.28 billion tax bill today
Senate prepared for final approval of a 2.276 billion tax measure as finance panel work on a compromise plan to revise wartime contracts renegotiation law proceeds. The article notes near completion of the bill and ongoing amendments by a subcommittee.
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Senate
Washington
Finance
Rohio
Regional Weather Outlook for Carolinas and Georgia
North and South Carolina see fair skies with a slight chill tonight. Friday brings fair, mild conditions. Georgia reports fair and rather cold tonight with frost in the southern areas and lower temperatures, then a Friday of fair and mild weather.
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North
South Carolina
Georgia
South Portion
Navy completes 1400 mile raid on Kusaie Island
Pearl Harbor report says naval bombers carried out a daylight 1400 mile round trip to Kusaie Island in the Carolines on January 17 with no losses. Origin likely from Gilbert Islands bases. attacked enemy air installations 700 miles east of Truk, compare earlier Liberator raids near Kapingamarangi and Truk.
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Pearl Harbor
Kusaie Island
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilbert Islands
Kapingamarangi Island
Truk
South Pacific
Kusaie
Allied Losses and New Solomons Advances Reported
Three and 11 merchant vessels were sunk or left in a sinking condition with 32 Allied planes down. A war spokesman warned against assuming Japanese weakness. At Cape Gloucester Marines captured Hill 660 after repelling a dawn counterattack, tallying 126 Japanese dead. In Bougainville, forces crossed the Torokina river near East Lagoon with artillery support and seized new positions.
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Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Torokina River
East Lagoon
Yankees Again Reported Landing Behind Lines
Aftonbladet says American forces were being landed at several points along the Gulf of Gaeta behind the German line on Italy’s west coast. No official confirmation. report may echo a similar unconfirmed Tuesday dispatch from enemy sources.
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Aftonbladet
Gulf of Gaeta
Italy
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